Carver, Raymond : Little Things

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Genre	Short Story (3 pp.)
Keywords	Abandonment, Child Abuse, Children, Marital Discord, Ordinary Life, Parenthood
Summary	The story opens with an angry quarrel as a man prepares to walk out on his woman. Their hatred for each other manifests itself as a physical struggle over their baby, with each parent pulling on an arm until the baby is apparently severely injured/dead.
Source	Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
Publisher	Random House: Vintage
Edition	1989 (paperback)
Place Published	New York
Annotated by	Chen, Irene and Aull, Felice
Date of Entry	08/01/93
Last Revised	01/31/97