“Neighbors” by Raymond Carver

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“Neighbors” by Raymond Carver is a minimalist short story about a married couple whose fascination with their neighbors’ apartment exposes their own dissatisfaction and hidden desires.

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instanceOf short story ⓘ
author Raymond Carver ⓘ
collectedIn "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" ⓘ
collectedInPublicationYear 1976 ⓘ
conflict internal conflict within Bill and Arlene about their own lives and desires ⓘ
containsMotif crossing boundaries ⓘ
secret exploration of private spaces ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely anthologized and frequently discussed in Carver scholarship ⓘ
endingType open-ended ⓘ
featuresCharacter Harriet Stone ⓘ
Jim Stone ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1971 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Esquire ⓘ
linked to: Esquire magazine
genre minimalist fiction ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ
includedIn college literature curricula ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm short fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement minimalism ⓘ
literarySignificance early example of Raymond Carver’s minimalist style ⓘ
mainCharacter Arlene Miller ⓘ
Bill Miller ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person limited ⓘ
plotSummary A couple caring for their neighbors’ apartment becomes increasingly obsessed with the neighbors’ possessions and life. ⓘ
setting an apartment building ⓘ
style economical prose ⓘ
minimalist ⓘ
subjectMatter fantasized escape from routine ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
ordinary middle-class life ⓘ
symbol the Stones’ apartment ⓘ
the neighbors’ belongings ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme class anxiety ⓘ
envy ⓘ
identity ⓘ
marital dissatisfaction ⓘ
repressed desire ⓘ
voyeurism ⓘ
tone restrained ⓘ
uneasy ⓘ
wordCountApproximate short story length ⓘ

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