Cathedral is the third major-press collection of short stories by American writer Raymond Carver, published in 1983.

[1] It received critical acclaim and was a finalist for the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

In The New York Times book Review, critic Irving Howe wrote: Mr.

In his newest collection of stories, Cathedral, there are a few that suggest he is moving toward a greater ease of manner and generosity of feeling; but in most of his work it's his own presence, the hard grip of his will, that is the strongest force.

Instead there are a dozen stories that overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery and possibility of life.