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Selected Stories Volume Two: 1995-2009

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Selected Stories Volume Two: 1995-2009 by Alice Munro is a collection of short stories that delve into the intricate tapestry of everyday lives, emotions, and relationships. Munro masterfully explores the complexities of human experiences, capturing moments of truth and revelation. Her beautifully crafted narratives offer profound insights into characters navigating the tension between the ordinary and the extraordinary.
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You might enjoy this collection if you appreciate deeply insightful stories that explore the complexities of human relationships and the subtleties of everyday life. Alice Munro's writing often captures rich emotional landscapes and provides a masterful exploration of characters, making it a rewarding read for fans of sophisticated and nuanced fiction.

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Selected Stories Volume Two: 1995-2009 by Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro covers the second half of her illustrious career, offering some of the most touching and powerful short stories ever written.

'Munro is still one of our most fearless explorers of the human being' The Times

Spanning her last five collections and bringing together her finest work from the past fifteen years, this new selection of Alice Munro's stories infuses everyday lives with a wealth of nuance and insight.

Beautifully observed and remarkably crafted, written with emotion and empathy, these stories are nothing short of perfection. A masterclass in the genre, from an author who deservedly lays claim to being one of the major fiction writers of our time.

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784876852

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 June 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 311g

Pages: 448

About the Author

Alice Munro was born in 1931 and was the author of thirteen collections of stories and the novel, Lives of Girls and Women. She 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 WHSmith Book Award in the UK, the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Who Do You Think You Are? (previously published as The Beggar Maid), and was awarded the Man Booker International Prize 2009 for her overall contribution to fiction on the world stage, and in 2013 she won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. Alice Munro died in 2024.

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