Raymond Carver, author of Where I'm Calling From, is widely
considered one of the great short story writers of our time. A New Path
to the Waterfall was Carver's last book, and shows a writer telling
the truth as best as he knows how in the time left to him. The sixty-odd
poems in this collection are linked by Carver with selections from other
writers, most notably Chekhov, whose work was an inspiration and a
guide, and by the cumulative force of the life and death questions he
poses in them. As Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet guided countless
readers discovering their true love and work, Carver's book will guide
those in the process of celebrating a limited life and mourning the
inescapable end of it. A New Path to the Waterfall is an essential
book for those who admire Carver's work, and testament to the
transcendent strength of the human spirit. In her introductory essay,
Tess Gallagher, Carver's companion and fellow writer, lays out the
circumstances of their last years together with matter-of-fact grace. As
Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet guided countless readers discovering
their true love and work, Carver's book will guide those in the process
of celebrating a limited life and mourning the inescapable end of it. A
New Path to the Waterfall is an essential book for those who admire
Carver's work, and testament to the transcendent strength of the human
spirit. In her introductory essay, Tess Gallagher, Carver's companion
and fellow writer, lays out the circumstances of their last years
together with matter-of-fact grace.
