Carried Away: A Personal Selection of Stories; Introduction by Margaret Atwood Contributor(s): Munro, Alice (Author), Atwood, Margaret (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0307264866 ISBN-13: 9780307264862 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: A dazzling selection of stories- 17 favorites picked by the author- ranging across her distinguished career. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2006043585 |
Series: Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics |
Physical Information: 1.26" H x 5.32" W x 8.18" (1.37 lbs) 608 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE(R) IN LITERATURE 2013 Carried Away is a dazzling selection of stories-seventeen favorites chosen by the author from across her distinguished career. With an Introduction by Margaret Atwood. Alice Munro has been repeatedly hailed as one of our greatest living writers, a reputation that has been growing for years. The stories brought together here span a quarter century, drawn from some of her earliest books, The Beggar Maid and The Moons of Jupiter, through her recent best-selling collection, Runaway. Munro's incomparable empathy for her characters, the depth of her understanding of human nature, and the grace and surprise of her narrative add up to a richly layered and capacious fiction. Like the World War I soldier in the title story, whose letters from the front to a small-town librarian he doesn't know change her life forever, Munro's unassuming characters insinuate themselves in our hearts and take permanent hold. |