WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICKPreviously published as'The Beggar Maid',Alice Munro's wonderful collection of stories reads like a novel,following Rose's life as she moves away from her impoverished roots and forges her own path in the world.Born into the back streets of a small Canadian town,Rose battled incessantly with her practical and shrewd stepmother,Flo,who cowed her with tales of her own past and warnings of the dangerous world outside. But Rose was ambitious - she won a scholarship and left for Toronto where she married Patrick. She was his Beggar Maid,'meek and voluptuous,with her shy white feet',and he was her knight,content to sit and adore her.'A work of great brilliance and depth... almost Proustian in its sureness'New Statesman
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781529115451Number of pages: 272Weight: 191 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
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The stories are absolutely wonderful...every word she writes is interestingShe has a touch of geniusThe best stories of the yearA work of great brilliance and depth- Munro's power of analysis,of sensations and thoughts,is almost Proustian in its surenessAlice Munro captures a kaleidoscope of lights and depths-she manages to reproduce the vibrant practice of life while scrutinizing the workings of her own narrative art-an exhilarating collection
Alice Munro
Canadian author and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature
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