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Alice Munro
It took, way, way too long but finally justice was done today, as the great Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. She is not just the first Canadian to win the award, but the first person who writes only short stories to receive it. I have virtually every one of Munro's 14 collections of short stories and never cease to marvel at her insight into human nature and the human heart, as well as the brilliance of her writing technique. Her stories haunt me, inspire me and force me to reflect on a wide range of issues. Munro, who is 82, recently announced that she was done writing, and she was certainly done waiting for the Nobel committee to finally do the right thing, as they were unable to find her to inform her of the prize. Her daughter woke her at 4 a.m. to give her the news. Pick up a copy of Friends of My Youth or Too Much Happiness or Who Do You Think You Are? and read the work of what the Nobel committee described as "the master of the short story."
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Re: Alice Munro
Heard the news today and my initial response was "who?".
I also didn't realise that anybody still wrote short stories, certainly not as their sole output (the odd author like Jeffrey Deaver or Irvine Welsh sometime puts out a collection).
She may or may not be the current "master of the short story" but there isn't really any competition!
I also didn't realise that anybody still wrote short stories, certainly not as their sole output (the odd author like Jeffrey Deaver or Irvine Welsh sometime puts out a collection).
She may or may not be the current "master of the short story" but there isn't really any competition!
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Re: Alice Munro
Jonathan Franzen on Alice Munro. Take his advice.
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Murf - Since you have never heard of Alice Munro I offer one of her stories, which I just read yesterday for the first time. It is the title story from the 2004 collection, Runaway, which I added to my collection after she was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. Like many of her stories it appeared first in The NewYorker magazine, which enabled me to snatch a copy. The story runs for 45 pages in my paperback edition, but if you appreciate literature, it is well worth the trouble to read, and re-read it, as it offers plenty of material for reflection on both the themes and the exquisite technique of a modern master.
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