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Book SynopsisDiscover Alice Munro's first mesmerising and atmospheric short story collection.
A remarkable writer whose major characters emerge in shining clarity... A major talent is at work here' Los Angeles Times
Alice Munro''s territory is the farms and semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario.
In these dazzling stories she deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. And in sensitively exploring the lives of ordinary men and women, she makes us aware of the universal nature of their fears, sorrows, and aspirations.
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 200
Trade ReviewThe finest writer of short stories working in the English language today * The Times *
The greatest living short story writer -- A. S. Byatt * Sunday Times *
A remarkable writer whose major characters emerge in shining clarity... A major talent is at work here * Los Angeles Times *
Munro's power of analysis, of sensations and thoughts is almost Proustian in its sureness * New Statesman *
Read not more than one of her stories a day, and allow them to work their spell: they are made to last * Observer *
