"What are you going to order,Įarl?" she said then. "What are you doing here?" Doreen said when she walked up. He sat at the counter and studied the menu. There was always the chance he could order something on the house. One night when he was drinking Earl decided to stop by the coffee Gone to work nights as a waitress at a twenty-four hour coffee shop at Written more or less during the same period."Įarl Ober was between jobs as a salesman but Doreen, his wife, had And I used a frame somewhat similar to that in several stories, Looking on, or people looking through something at someone else - a realĪnd a metaphorical frame for the story - that notion began to appeal to Through narrative framing: "About that time the idea of people Which he was able to create an emotional detachment from his characters The Autumn 1988 issue, Carver noted that this was the first story in Issue of Chicago Review it subsequently was included in his first majorĬollection, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (1976). "They're Not Your Husband," appeared in the Spring 1973 Practitioner of this aesthetic was Raymond Carver. Retrieved from Īlthough many writers of the 1970s experimented with non-narrativeĪnd self-reflexive techniques, others turned to develop realist portraits of everyday life through a minimalist aesthetic. They're not your husband." Retrieved from MLA style: "They're not your husband." The Free Library.
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