WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE'A superb collection... Marriage,gambles,disappearances,motiveless vandalism - it is the stuff of unremarkable lives,conveyed in a remarkable fashion'Independent Open Secrets,Alice Munro's eighth book,consists of eight luminous and poetic stories,each one as rich as a novel. Ranging from the 1850s through two world wars to the present,and from Canada to Brisbane,the Balkans and the Somme,these dazzling stories reveal the secrets of unconventional women who refuse to be contained.'Brilliant at evoking life's diversity and unpredictability...an unrivalled chronicler of human nature'The Sunday Times
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099459712Number of pages: 304Weight: 213 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
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Brilliant at evoking life's diversity and unpredictability,(Alice Munro is) an unrivalled chronicler of human natureA superb collection... Marriage,gambles,disappearances,motiveless vandalism - it is the stuff of unremarkable lives,conveyed in a remarkable fashionAlice Munro excites the writer in me - there is something new to learn from her in every sentenceAlice Munro's stories are miraculousOpen Secrets by the wonderful Alice Munro,is a collection of short stories,written with exquisite style
Alice Munro
Canadian author and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature
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