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Alice Munro by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Author Alice Munro (1931-2024) solved one of the conundrums of science–how to quantify what happens in human interaction. She wrote 14 collections of stories and stand-alone narratives based on matter-of-fact observation and evaluation of unfathomable consequences, relying on simplicity and a lack of affectation. This book explores 188 works of a Canadian prodigy via 100 A-to-Z topics surveying her story collections, book introductions, and essays. Generous commentary by literary critics and journalists offer a range of opinions about Munro’s style and subject matter. Entries highlight the intangibles–parenting, achievers, sex, women, feminism, coming of age–alongside historical themes of World War II, health, religion, and Ontario. This unique companion provides the most complete treatment of the Canadian writer to date.
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