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KnowHowIKnowYoureGay t1_ixyrg5a wrote

>I'm not particularly intelligent so I was wondering if anybody could explain to me what is so brilliant about Raymond Carver.

Also

>They're very short, fairly innocuous stories of the gentle, sometimes hinted eccentricity of American suburbia

Pretty sure you answered your own question.

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TekhEtc t1_iy0l9lu wrote

Which also shows OP probably is quite intelligent

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Valuable-Elevator511 OP t1_iy0xp9l wrote

Ha thanks both! But not as intelligent as those I admire most! I knew what I loved about the story but I was just surprised by how impactful it was in such a short amount of time and I knew there would be a lot more people on Reddit that could say "well the doorbell represents his self worth at the time" or something that I would have never picked up on and then it would all make sense.

I've really enjoyed it though and I think I'll start reading again. Thanks for replying. The responses have been pretty enlightening

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