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Book Synopsis**WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE**
**WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE**
Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant collection of short stories.
Moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in Dear Life build to form a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be.
She is so damn good' Anne Enright
Deep and surprising and unsparing' Guardian
Trade ReviewDeep and surprising and unsparing -- Helen Simpson * Guardian *
As rich and astonishing as anything she has ever done before * New York Review of Books *
In this book Munro has laid bare the foundations of her fiction as never before.
Lovers of her writing must hope this is not, in fact, her finale. But if it is, it’s spectacular -- Ruth Scurr * Daily Telegraph *
Another dazzling collection of short stories, provincial and universal in equal measure -- Sara Wheeler * Observer *
A slight sense of withholding gives Munro's prose its gracefulness, and allows intimacy without danger. After many years, many collections and many wonderful stories, readers may feel they know everything about Alice Munro, especially as so many of her characters lead lives similar to her own. In fact, we know very little about her. This is one of the reasons readers become dizzy with love for Munro. This other reason is that
she is so damn good -- Anne Enright * Guardian *
