Tell the Women We're Going

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literary work short story

"Tell the Women We're Going" is a dark, violent short story by Raymond Carver that explores male friendship, misogyny, and sudden brutality.

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Tell the Women We’re Going	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ
author	Raymond Carver NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConflict	male aggression toward women ⓘ tension between ordinary life and sudden brutality ⓘ
character	Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry NERFINISHED ⓘ two young women ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalDiscussion	often cited in analyses of Carver's treatment of violence ⓘ used in scholarship on representations of misogyny in Carver's work ⓘ
firstPublicationForm	short story collection ⓘ
genre	dark fiction ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ
hasViolentContent	true ⓘ
includedIn	What We Talk About When We Talk About Love NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryMovement	dirty realism ⓘ
medium	print ⓘ
narrativeTone	dark ⓘ violent ⓘ
notableFor	abrupt shift from mundane to horrific events ⓘ economical, understated narration of violence ⓘ
period	late 20th century American literature ⓘ
plotElement	encounter escalates into brutal violence ⓘ two male friends follow two young women ⓘ
portrays	banality of evil ⓘ toxic masculinity ⓘ
protagonist	Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear	1981 ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	So Much Water So Close to Home NERFINISHED ⓘ What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	American suburb ⓘ rural area outside town ⓘ
style	minimalist prose ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
theme	alienation ⓘ everyday brutality ⓘ male friendship ⓘ misogyny ⓘ sudden violence ⓘ working-class life ⓘ

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love → containsShortStory → Tell the Women We're Going ⓘ

Where I'm Calling From → containsWork → Tell the Women We're Going ⓘ

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