Progress of Love

Zusatztext "One of the foremost contemporary practitioners of the short story."--Michiko Kakutani! The New York Times "Alice Munro is a born teller of tales."-- The Washington Post "Throughout this remarkable collection moments of insight flash from the pages like lightning! not necessarily providing answers--more likely showing the way to new questions."-- The Philadelphia Inquirer Praise from fellow writers: “Her work felt revolutionary when I came to it! and it still does.” —Jhumpa Lahiri “She is one of the handful of writers! some living! most dead! whom I have in mind when I say that fiction is my religion.” —Jonthan Franzen “The authority she brings to the page is just lovely.” —Elizabeth Strout “She’s the most savage writer I’ve ever read! also the most tender! the most honest! the most perceptive.” —Jeffery Eugenides “Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can.”—Julian Barnes “She is a short-story writer who…reimagined what a story can do.” —Loorie Moore “There’s probably no one alive who’s better at the craft of the short story.” —Jim Shepard “A true master of the form.” —Salman Rushdie “A wonderful writer.” —Joyce Carol Oates Informationen zum Autor Alice Munro Klappentext WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE® IN LITERATURE 2013 Alice Munro, who received the National Book Critics Circle Award for her latest collection of stories, The Love of a Good Woman , is widely acknowledged as a modern master of the short story. In this earlier collection, she demonstrates all of those strengths that have won her so many literary accolades. A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents' confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes the fragility of the trust between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his younger brother. In these and other stories Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love. Zusammenfassung Eleven stunning stories that explore the most intimate and transforming moments of existence, from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “one of the foremost practitioners of the short story” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ). “Throughout this remarkable collection moments of insight flash from the pages like lightning, not necessarily providing answers—more like showing the way to new questions.”— The Philadelphia Inquirer A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents’ confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes to the shaken mother the fragility between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his hapless younger brother. A man brings his lover on a visit to his ex-wife, only to feel unexpectedly closer to his estranged partner.   In these and other stories, Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Progress of Love Lichen Monsieur les Deux Chapeaux Miles City, Montana Fits The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink Jesse and Meribeth Eskimo A Queer Streak Circle of Prayer White Dump...

List of contents

The Progress of Love

Lichen

Monsieur les Deux Chapeaux

Miles City, Montana

Fits

The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink

Jesse and Meribeth

Eskimo

A Queer Streak

Circle of Prayer

White Dump

Report

"One of the foremost contemporary practitioners of the short story. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"Alice Munro is a born teller of tales. The Washington Post

Throughout this remarkable collection moments of insight flash from the pages like lightning, not necessarily providing answers more likely showing the way to new questions. The Philadelphia Inquirer

Product details

• Authors: Alice Munro
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.12.2000
• EAN: 9780375724701
• ISBN: 978-0-375-72470-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 205 mm x 16 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS; Vintage International; Vintage Contemporaries; Vintage International
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature