Will you please be quiet please 1976 was the first major press short story collection by american writer raymond carverdescribed by contemporary critics as a foundational text of minimalist fiction its stories offered an incisive and influential telling of disenchantment in the mid century american working class. Raymond carver 1938 1988 the author of such landmark collections as will you please be quiet please 1976 what we talk about when we talk about love 1981 and cathedral 1983 was perhaps the most influential short story writer of his generation. In will you please be quiet please by raymond carver we have the theme of connection fear crisis escape defeat memories letting go and identity taken from his collection of the same name the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and very early on in the story the reader realises that carver . Raymond carver 1938 1988 the author of such landmark collections as will you please be quiet please 1976 what we talk about when we talk about love 1981 and cathedral 1983 was perhaps the most influential short story writer of his generation. Buy will you please be quiet please vintage classics by raymond carver from amazons fiction books store everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction