Cathedral (stories)

1st edition (publ. Knopf)

Cathedral is a collection of short stories by American writer Raymond Carver published in 1984.

The stories

The collection contains the following stories:

• "Feathers"
• "Chef's House"
• "Preservation"
• "The Compartment"
• "A Small, Good Thing"
• "Vitamins"
• "Careful"
• "Where I'm Calling From"
• "The Train"
• "Fever"
• "The Bridle"
• "Cathedral" - Narrated by a man whose wife is old friends with a blind man, the story shows the husband/narrator's distaste for the blind man who is coming to visit him and his wife for a few days. At times it seems that the man is jealous of the blind man for being so close to his wife; at other times it seems that the husband is disgusted by the man's blindness. In the end they bond in a way through the communication they share about what a cathedral looks like.

References

• Carver, Raymond. Cathedral New York: Knopf (1983); London: Collins (1984)