Raymond Carver: Dreams Are What You Wake Up From
When Raymond Carver died in 1988, he was mourned as a national literary figure and shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize yet only ten years earlier he was marooned in a drying-out clinic. From his experiences, his alcoholism, bankruptcies, years spent in trailer parks and motel rooms, BBC 'Omnibus' shows how Carver produced stories and poems about the other side of the American dream - about the people whose dreams go belly-up.
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Raymond Carver: Dreams Are What You Wake Up From
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 1989
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Raymond Carver: Dreams Are What You Wake Up From
Production Companies
BBC
Director
Daisy Goodwin
Description
When Raymond Carver died in 1988, he was mourned as a national literary figure and shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize yet only ten years earlier he was marooned in a drying-out clinic. From his experiences, his alcoholism, bankruptcies, years spent in trailer parks and motel rooms, BBC 'Omnibus' shows how Carver produced stories and poems about the other side of the American dream - about the people whose dreams go belly-up.
