| Away from Her Contributor(s): Munro, Alice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307386694 ISBN-13: 9780307386694 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $12.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Alice Munro has long been heralded for her penetrating, lyrical prose, and in " The Bear Came Over the Mountain" - the basis for Sarah Polley' s film "Away From Her" -- her prodigious talents are once again on display. As she follows Grant, a retired professor whose wife Fiona begins gradually to lose her memory and drift away from him, we slowly see how a lifetime of intimate details can create a marriage, and how mysterious the bonds of love really are. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007296818 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 4.92" W x 7.2" (0.20 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE(R) IN LITERATURE 2013 Alice Munro has long been heralded for her penetrating, lyrical prose, and in "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" - the basis for Sarah Polley's film Away From Her -- her prodigious talents are once again on display. As she follows Grant, a retired professor whose wife Fiona begins gradually to lose her memory and drift away from him, we slowly see how a lifetime of intimate details can create a marriage, and how mysterious the bonds of love really are. |