For a debut novel, it brought the author rare attention, first as a winner of the Governor-General's Award of Canada and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, then as an entry on the shortlist for the Booker Prize. ... It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. ... A Fine Balance, which had just received the Commonwealth Writers Best Book prize, had made the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize; but that did not impress Greer, who grimaced and said: "I hate this book. ... It's a Canadian book about India. ... If she wanted to make the case that she ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For a debut novel, it brought the author rare attention, first as a winner of the Governor-General's Award of Canada and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, then as an entry on the shortlist for the Booker Prize. ... It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. ... A Fine Balance, which had just received the Commonwealth Writers Best Book prize, had made the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize; but that did not impress Greer, who grimaced and said: "I hate this book. ... It's a Canadian book about India. ... If she wanted to make the case that she ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The book was also Pulitzer Prize nominated book. ... It was published in the United States in 1976 and nominated for a National Book Award in 1977 (Claude Grimal, 1995). ... Plot Summary The narrator's wife used to work for a blind man called Robert whose wife has recently died, and he's coming to visit the narrator and his wife. ...

• Word Count: 3978
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This volume was very well-received by critics and readers alike, receiving nominations for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. ... The book marked a shift in Carver's fiction away from the bare minimalist prose of his earlier work toward a fuller, more detailed style. Critics hailed the book as a transition in Carver's work, singling out several stories, including the title story, "Cathedral," for praise. ... Plot Summary "Cathedral" opens with the narrator telling the reader in a conversational tone that a blind friend of his wife's is coming to ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School