Selected Stories (Paperback, Reissue)

A rich selection of 28 compact and resonant stories (they're novels in miniature, more often than not) drawn from seven highly praised collections previously published by the Ontario writer. Munro has been called, with good reason, North America's Chekhov. Her rich elaborations of seemingly commonplace lives, in which she invariably locates the imaginative heart of lives her characters wished and meant to have lived, have grown in power and complexity over the years, to the point where the best stories in her 1994 volume, Open Secrets ("A Wilderness Station" and the magnificent "Carried Away" - surely one of the best stories of the last 50 years), have placed her in serious contention both for the Nobel Prize and for the designation of best living short-story writer (only William Trevor rivals her). Readers who don't know Munro's fiction should be directed toward such marvels as "Dance of the Happy Shades," "The Beggar Maid," and "The Moons of Jupiter." But none should be neglected. "Here," as Dryden said of Chaucer, "is God's plenty." The collection of the year. (Kirkus Reviews)

The first ever selection of her stories, from her earliest published work in 1968 to her latest in 1994. Her star is in the ascendant - winner of the 1994 W.H. Smith Award, shortlisted for the second time in 1995 for the Irish Times International Fiction Award. This wonderful selection of the greatest stories will demonstrate her genius, her versatility, her extraordinary humanity, and will delight new readers as well as her fans.

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1997
First published:	November 1997
Authors:	Alice Munro
Dimensions:	200 x 131 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	412
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-973241-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Books > Fiction > Shipping In 24hrs Books > Promotion > Book Sale > Fiction Promotions > Red Tag Sale > Books > Fiction
LSN:	0-09-973241-6
Barcode:	9780099732419

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