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Dance of the Happy Shades

By Alice Munro
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Dance of the Happy Shades is a collection of short stories by Alice Munro that showcases ordinary moments in the lives of characters living in Canadian small towns. Through poignant and sharply observed tales, Munro explores themes of family dynamics, personal identity, and the complexities of human emotions, offering a vivid portrayal of everyday life with a touch of her signature insight and subtle humour.
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If you appreciate masterful storytelling with rich character development set in everyday life, you might enjoy this collection of short stories. It offers poignant and introspective glimpses into the lives and emotions of its characters, drawing you into the subtleties and complexities of human relationships and experiences.

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Dance of the Happy Shades

Alice Munro's territory is the farms and semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario. In these tales she deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence.

**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** Alice Munro's first collection of short stories explores the lives of ordinary people in semi-rural Canada with the skill and sensitivity that have since become the hallmarks of her writing.

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2021 sees all of Alice Munro's backlist reissued in a new, modern look. These editions will appeal to a broad range of literary readers.

Discover Alice Munro's first mesmerising and atmospheric short story collection, Dance of the Happy Shades.

'A remarkable writer whose major characters emerge in shining clarity... A major talent is at work here' - Los Angeles Times

Alice Munro's territory is the farms and semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario. In these dazzling stories, she deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love, and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. Sensitively exploring the lives of ordinary men and women, she makes us aware of the universal nature of their fears, sorrows, and aspirations.

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 200

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Alice Munro's collection, Dance of the Happy Shades, is highly praised for her mastery in short story writing, earning her accolades as one of the finest in the English language. Critics highlight her exceptional ability to create characters with vivid clarity and note her analytical strength, likening her to Proust. With a style that invites readers to savour each story slowly, Munro's work is celebrated for its lasting impact.

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ISBN: 9780099273776

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 March 2000

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 170g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** Winner of the Man Booker International Prize for 2009, Alice Munro is the author of eleven collections of stories, most recently The View from Castle Rock, and a novel, Lives of Girls and Women. She has received many awards and prizes, including three of Canada's Governor General's Literary Awards and two Giller Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Lannan Literary Award, the W.H. Smith Book Award in the UK, the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for The Beggar Maid. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. She lives with her husband in Clinton, Ontario, near Lake Huron in Canada.

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