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1、Cathedral91includingRaymondCarver’s“OnWriting,”page845;“CreativeWritinglOl,,,page849;“TheAshtray,”page852;“On‘Errand,“’page853;HenriTroyat’s“FromChekhov,”page855;TomJenks’s“TheOriginof‘Cathedral,“’page858;ArthurM.Saltzman’s“AReadingof‘WhatWeTalkAbout
2、WhenWeTalkAboutLove,“’pageRAYMONDCARVERCathedralThisblindman,anoldfriendofmywife’s,hewasonhiswaytospendthenight.Hiswifehaddied.Sohewasvisitingthedeadwife’srelativesinConnecticut.Hecalledmywifefromhisin-laws’.Arrangementsweremade.Hewouldcomebytrain,af
3、ive-hourtrip,andmywifewouldmeethimatthestation.Shehadn’tseenhimsincesheworkedforhimonesummerinSeattletenyearsago.Butsheandtheblindmanhadkeptintouch.Theymadetapesandmailedthembackandforth.Iwasn’tenthusiasticabouthisvisit.HewasnooneIknew.Andhisbeingbli
4、ndbotheredme.Myideaofblindnesscamefromthemovies.Inthemovies,theblindmovedslowlyandneverlaughed.Sometimestheywereledbyseeing-eyedogs.AblindmaninmyhousewasnotsomethingIlookedforwardto.ThatsummerinSeattleshehadneededajob.Shedidn’thaveanymoneyThemanshewa
5、sgoingtomarryattheendofthesummerwasinofficers’trainingschool.Hedidn’thaveanymoney,either.Butshewasinlovewiththeguy,andhewasinlovewithher,etc.She’dseensomethinginthepaper:HELPWANTED-ReadingtoBlindMan,andatelephonenumber.Shephonedandwentover,washiredon
6、thespot.She’dworkedwiththisblindmanallsummer.Shereadstufftohim,casestudies,reports,thatsortofthing.Shehelpedhimorganizehislittleofficeinthecountysocial-servicedepartment.They’dbecomegoodfriends,mywifeandtheblindman.HowdoIknowthesethings?Shetoldme.And
7、shetoldmesomethingelse.Onherlastdayintheoffice,theblindmanaskedifhecouldtouchherface.Sheagreedtothis.Shetoldmehetouchedhisfingerstoeverypartofherface,hernose-evenherneck!Sheneverforgotit.Sheeventriedtowriteapoemaboutit.Shewasalwaystryingtowriteapoem.
8、Shewroteapoemortwoeveryyear,usuallyaftersomethingreallyimportanthadhappenedtoher.Whenwefirststartedgoingouttogether,sheshowedmethepoem.Inthepoem,sherecalledhisfingersandthewaytheyhadmovedaroundoverherface.Inthepoem,shetalkedaboutwhatshehadfeltattheti
