I don't know if your book dealt with this much, but Carver released some of his "original" versions later, and it's really interesting to compare the Lish-edited stories with the originals. Some of them are masterpieces of editing and some are hideous hatchet jobs. The story "A Small Good Thing" in particular was changed from a good short story into a mean joke. (I'm still mad about it).
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Date: 2016-03-23 06:19 pm (UTC)