Elephant

Among them is one of his longest, 'Errand', in which he imagines the death of Chekhov, a writer Carver hugely admired and to whose work his own was often compared. This fine story suggests that the greatest of modern short-story writers may, in the year before his untimely death, have been flexing his muscles for a longer work.

Printre acestea se numara si una dintre cele mai lungi ale sale, ,,Comisie", in care isi imagineaza moartea lui Cehov, un scriitor Carver foarte admirat si cu a carui opera a sa a fost adesea comparata. Aceasta poveste frumoasa sugereaza ca cel mai mare dintre scriitorii moderni de nuvele ar putea, cu un an inainte de moartea sa prematura, sa-si fi indoit muschii pentru o munca mai lunga.