New Selected Stories
A new selection of Alice Munro's short stories spanning her last five collections: The Loveof a Good Woman; Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage; Runaway; TheView from Castle Rock; and Too Much Happiness, which brings together her finest workfrom the past fifteen years.
Available Formats
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Hardback$39.95 RRPISBN: 9780701179885Published: 01/09/2011Imprint: Chatto & WindusExtent: 448 pages
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EBookCHECK RETAILER PRICEISBN: 9781409042051Published: 01/09/2011Imprint: Vintage DigitalExtent: 448 pages
Synopsis
Spanning her last five collections and bringing together her finest work from the pastfifteen years, this new selection of Alice Munro's stories infuses everyday lives with awealth of nuance and insight.Written with emotion and empathy, beautifully observed and remarkably crafted, thesestories are nothing short of perfection. A masterclass in the genre, from an author whodeservedly lays claim to being one of the ‘major fiction writers of our time'.
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