Reviews of Books
Posted in Recommended, Short Stories on Mar 12th, 2012
When I heard there was a new Alice Munro collection, I just had to read it. Although it is not really new, it’s a new collection of existing stories. Here is the blurb … Spanning almost thirty years and settings that range from big cities to small towns and farmsteads of rural Canada, this magnificent [...]
Posted in Fiction, Recommended on Feb 14th, 2012
I’ve been on a bit of an Alice Munro fest. Here is the blurb … Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers – the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize. In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing [...]
Posted in Fiction, Recommended on Feb 7th, 2012
I’m still getting through my holiday reading – in case anyone thinks I’m reading books in one day! I really like Alice Munro’s short stories. I’ve read Too Much Happiness (check back later for a review of that one) and Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship and Marriage. I was keen to check Runaway out when I [...]