This entry was posted in Uncategorized on Octoby abjartmarsdottir. The Love of a Good Woman: Stories by Alice Munro. If you would like to read some stories by Alice Munro, why not pick u p Alice Munro’s Best: Selected Stories PR9199.3.M8 A6 or if you would like to learn more about Alice Munro, consider taking a look at the book Alice Munro: Paradox and Parallel PR9199.3.M. The seventeen stories in this selection are arranged in the order in which they were written which. Alice Munro Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage The View from Castle Rock Something Ive Been Meaning to Tell You The Love of a Good Woman. Her most recent collection is Dear Life (2012). The collection Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001) became the basis of the film Away from Her from 2006, directed by Sarah Polley. Her works include Who Do You Think You Are? (1978), The Moons of Jupiter (1982), Runaway (2004), The View from Castle Rock (2006) and Too Much Happiness (2009). Munro is primarily known for her short stories and has published many collections over the years. Some critics consider her a Canadian Chekhov. In the Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, her writing is described as being able to show the “surprising depth and complexity in the emotional lives of ordinary people.” REF PR 9180.2.094 Furthermore, they explained that Munro is acclaimed for her finely tuned storytelling, which is characterized by clarity and psychological realism. The committee stated that she is a: “master of the contemporary short story”. The Nobel committee has awarded Alice Munro with the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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