Cathedral (short story collection)

Reception

The stories

• "Feathers"
• "Chef's House"
• "Preservation"
• "The Compartment"
• "A Small, Good Thing" - An extended version of his earlier short story "The Bath".
• "Vitamins"
• "Careful"
• "Where I'm Calling From"
• "The Train"
• "Fever"
• "The Bridle"
• "Cathedral" - Narrated by a man whose wife is old friends with a blind man, the story shows the husband/narrator's distaste for the blind man who is coming to visit him and his wife for a few days. At times it seems that the man is jealous of the blind man for being so close to his wife; at other times it seems that the husband is disgusted by the man's blindness. In the end they bond in a way through the communication they share about what a cathedral looks like.