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A superb introduction to one of the best writers in the English language. (If you can get a copy of 1996's Selected Stories you'll be able to sample even more of her early work - since this collection starts with her fourth book.) I've read some of these multiple times, studied them, quoted them, lau Leggi tutto

Come primo approccio ad Alice Munro scelgo la via del best of e dopo 17 racconti di fila - parecchio lunghi - la sensazione è quella di risalire al pelo dell’acqua dopo un’apnea infinita. A volerla mettere sul piano musicale, Munro intende il racconto come i gruppi prog rock degli anni Settanta inte Leggi tutto

I've read most of My Best Stories from the collections they originally appeared in, but this was a welcome re-acquaintance; a reunion with the nearly forgotten. Here's a longish passage from "Miles City, Montana" that demonstrates why Alice Munro is the master, my guru: Disappeared.But she swam. S

I finally read Munro consumed by guilt at not having read the only Canadian author to ever win a Nobel Prize for literature. This is a collection of short stories covering her whole career. I was a bit leery of Munro because I thought that it would be all icy glances over the dishes. The stories are Leggi tutto

The copy before me is from the library, such a pristine copy too, sad, since anything by Munro from any library should be tattered and dog-eared from the wear and tear of readers... But maybe the past patrons did the same thing I plan to do: I read five stories out of this collection and I decided, f Leggi tutto

I admit to jumping on the bandwagon with this one. Munro won the Nobel prize and I - being Canadian, a fellow alumna of Western and a lover of literature - was embarrassed to say that I'd never read anything by her. At least that I could recall. I really enjoyed the first couple of stories in this co Leggi tutto

I have to admit to ignorance - I had not heard of Alice Munro until she was awarded the Nobel prize for literature. But having heard of her, I am glad I did as these are excellent short stories. It's difficult to decide whether to judge a book like this according to the best stories or the average.

Se oggi riesco ad apprezzare maggiormente il genere racconto è grazie soprattutto alla scrittura elegante e raffinata della Munro. Questa raccolta che raccoglie 17 racconti scelti personalmente dall'autrice sono un excursus del meglio della sua produzione. Le tematiche riscontrate sono quelle che i Leggi tutto