Books by Alice Munro
Found 3 books
She is one of my favorite authors. If you are looking for one place to start try Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories , but all of her books are worth reading. As writers go, she falls into the “behavioral” camp, so to speak. Here is a story on Alice Munro retiring , as of earlier this year. Here is an associated slide show . I liked this article about her decision to retire . She was 37 when her first collection of stories was published, her first story was publish...
1. Short story author : Alice Munro I consider one of the very best writers ever, from anywhere or any period. Read them all, and there is a new collection coming this November . Here is one place to start .
Most of the twentieth century greats, such as Cheever and Barthelme, don't much stick with me. I am a huge fan of Alice Munro and have read most or all of her work (the last collection is good but somewhat below average.) She is consistently interesting about human nature and its foibles; maybe start here .
Alice Munro, Dear Life: Stories . I can confidently put this on my list without having read it yet.
1. Short story author : Alice Munro I consider one of the very best writers ever, from anywhere or any period. Read them all, and there is a new collection coming this November . Here is one place to start .
I won't have time to read through the novel ( the new Alice Munro is out , for one thing) but I thought the premise was an intriguing one. The Amazon reader reviews are favorable.