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And the Nobel prize for literature 2013...
..goes to Alice Munro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Munro
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Great news!
Congratulations to Alice Munro. |
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10-10-2013, 07:15 AM | #3 |
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Hmmm.......
I keep trying to read her work and it just doesn't connect with me... |
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Never heard of her.
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10-10-2013, 07:50 AM | #5 |
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She's known for her short stories and she's written since the 60's.
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That doesn't surprise me. When I moved from the US to Canada 13 years ago, I discovered some amazing authors I had never heard of when I lived in the states. I had actually read Alice Munro and a few others when I lived "down south" but wow, it was terrific to have a whole country's worth of lit to discover.
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Any recommendations? I just ordered on collection but if there are folks who have a favorite book (collection of her short stories) please share them. She has written quite a bit.
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One heartbreaking and beautiful story (about Alzheimer's Disease) is the slim volume (about 70-odd pages), titled "Away From Her." (This was also made into a film, which I have not seen.) The story above is apparently in the collection published by Everyman's Library, and is titled "Carried Away- A Selection of Stories," but I don't own that volume in any form. I don't know if it's available as an ebook or not. Another volume, "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories," is a wonderful collection of short stories. Really, all her books that I've read are beautiful gems of literary fiction. I don't think you can go wrong with any of her short story collections. They're currently expensive, however, and are in the price range pushing $10.00 - but worth it if you enjoy the best of contempory, literary fiction. Don Last edited by Dr. Drib; 10-10-2013 at 09:54 AM. |
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Also a good place to start is Lives of Girls and Women. While it is a collection of short stories, it reads like a novel.
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Ellison's a wanker....
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I'll take your question seriously, since you have no smileys attached. I enjoy reading Ellison's work, although I often find his fiction less than profound. As a genre writer, he is excellent; but as a literary writer, he only rarely rises above the ghetto of genre fiction, which is probably true of all fiction anyway. As far as what I know about the man, my knowledge only goes as far as what I hear on the internet, in that he appears to be a real ass and has been dying for the past few years. (Aren't we all.) Alice Munro is a serious literary writer, and is much admired for her work. I admire her greatly, which is the reason I collect her books. Don |
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Many of her short stories have been published by The New Yorker over the years. You can access them via their website and quite a few don't require a subscription.
ETA: Sorry, tapatalk crashed. Here' s a link to The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/search?sort...uery=&rows=10& Last edited by Synamon; 10-10-2013 at 05:00 PM. |
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