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Depressed bros unite: Raymond Carver edition
Posted on 6/17/17 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 6/17/17 at 4:23 pm
First of all, I usually read fantasy/speculative fiction/horror but when I discovered Carvers work I fell in love. I love reading because I am dissociative, when I am stressed out, sad, or anxious, my mind has a tendancy to detatch itself from my surroundings and plummet me into my own world, which sounds pleasent, but this straddles the line of pshychosis, and when I feel like I am seperated from friends and family, it is a very scary thing.
Anyways, reading for me, is a way to use my dissociative tendencies to emmerse my self in a story, known as escapism. Fantasy, surealism, and sci-fi are the best ways to do this. But what Raymond Carvers storys do, is not let me escape, but help me feel understood. Besides Alice Monroe, I have never experienced an author that used minimalism/realism in such a haunting, beautiful way.
For those of you who are not familiar with Carvers work, Carver writes storys about every day, middle class people, usually alcoholics or young weed smoking adults, and uses the show but dont tell method. The storys give you a look into the life of your average depressed american, while remaining emotionally seperate from the characters. So instead of saying "I felt really bad about our relationship"
He would say "john rolled over, without kissing her goodnight, and fell asleep"
Like stephan king said, Carver may have been an alcoholic, but the man had a heart of gold.
Anyways, reading for me, is a way to use my dissociative tendencies to emmerse my self in a story, known as escapism. Fantasy, surealism, and sci-fi are the best ways to do this. But what Raymond Carvers storys do, is not let me escape, but help me feel understood. Besides Alice Monroe, I have never experienced an author that used minimalism/realism in such a haunting, beautiful way.
For those of you who are not familiar with Carvers work, Carver writes storys about every day, middle class people, usually alcoholics or young weed smoking adults, and uses the show but dont tell method. The storys give you a look into the life of your average depressed american, while remaining emotionally seperate from the characters. So instead of saying "I felt really bad about our relationship"
He would say "john rolled over, without kissing her goodnight, and fell asleep"
Like stephan king said, Carver may have been an alcoholic, but the man had a heart of gold.
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