Cathedral

Cathedral is a masterful short story collection that captures the quiet struggles, fragile hopes, and raw humanity of ordinary lives. With his signature minimalist style, Carver reveals the depth beneath everyday conversations and encounters—where longing, isolation, and unexpected moments of connection reside. The title story, “Cathedral,” stands as one of the greatest achievements in modern American fiction, exploring vision, intimacy, and the possibility of transcendence in the most unassuming of settings. Powerful in its restraint yet profound in its emotional resonance, Cathedral is essential reading for anyone drawn to literature that distills the extraordinary from the seemingly ordinary.