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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
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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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