{"product_id":"runaway-9780099472254","title":"Runaway","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this exquisite short story collection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JONATHAN FRANZEN**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances, their lives made vividly palpable by the nuance and empathy of Munro''s writing. Runaway is about the power and betrayals of love, about lost children, lost chances. There is pain and desolation beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart, which makes these stories more powerful and compelling than anything she has written before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe way to do it justice is to read it. Read Munro!' Jonathan Franzen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese stories are breathtaking - they leave you winded with their toughness and brilliance'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMunro is one of my all-time favourite writers. She seems to really see people, like a mind reader who knows what her characters are thinking before they do do, and tells their stories with simplicity and empathy. -- Natasha Lunn * Red *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRunaway \u003c\/i\u003eis so good I don't want to talk about it. Quotation can't do the book justice, and neither can synopsis. \u003cb\u003eThe way to do it justice is to read it. Read Munro! Read Munro!\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jonathan Franzen * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eMillions of words have been spilt in attempts to tell us exactly what it means to be human. In \u003ci\u003eRunaway,\u003c\/i\u003e Munro performs that very miracle * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful, echoing collection\u003c\/b\u003e, and a demonstration of perfected and unflinching form -- Ali Smith * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eThese stories are breathtaking - they leave you winded with their toughness and brilliance -- Helen Simpson * Guardian *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732238610775,"sku":"9780099472254","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099472254.jpg?v=1719996092","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/runaway-9780099472254","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}