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Dance of the Happy Shades

And Other Stories

And Other Stories

By Alice Munro

By Alice Munro

By Alice Munro

By Alice Munro

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Part of Vintage International

Part of Vintage International

Paperback $16.00

Aug 11, 1998 | ISBN 9780679781516

Ebook $11.99

Dec 21, 2011 | ISBN 9780307814548

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    About Dance of the Happy Shades

    WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE® IN LITERATURE 2013

    In these fifteen short stories–her eighth collection of short stories in a long and distinguished career–Alice Munro conjures ordinary lives with an extraordinary vision, displaying the remarkable talent for which she is now widely celebrated. Set on farms, by river marshes, in the lonely towns and new suburbs of western Ontario, these tales are luminous acts of attention to those vivid moments when revelation emerges from the layers of experience that lie behind even the most everyday events and lives.

    “Virtuosity, elemental command, incisive like a diamond, remarkable: all these descriptions fit Alice Munro.”–Christian Science Monitor

    “How does one know when one is in the grip of art–of a major talent?….It is art that speaks from the pages of Alice Munro’s stories.”–Wall Street Journal

    About Dance of the Happy Shades

    WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE® IN LITERATURE 2013

    In these fifteen short stories–her eighth collection of short stories in a long and distinguished career–Alice Munro conjures ordinary lives with an extraordinary vision, displaying the remarkable talent for which she is now widely celebrated. Set on farms, by river marshes, in the lonely towns and new suburbs of western Ontario, these tales are luminous acts of attention to those vivid moments when revelation emerges from the layers of experience that lie behind even the most everyday events and lives.

    “Virtuosity, elemental command, incisive like a diamond, remarkable: all these descriptions fit Alice Munro.”–Christian Science Monitor

    “How does one know when one is in the grip of art–of a major talent?….It is art that speaks from the pages of Alice Munro’s stories.”–Wall Street Journal

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    About Alice Munro

    Alice Munro grew up in Wingham, Ontario, and attended the University of Western Ontario. She has published thirteen collections of stories as well as a novel, Lives of Girls and Women, and two volumes of Selected Stories. During her distinguished career… More about Alice Munro

    About Alice Munro

    Alice Munro grew up in Wingham, Ontario, and attended the University of Western Ontario. She has published thirteen collections of stories as well as a novel, Lives of Girls and Women, and two volumes of Selected Stories. During her distinguished career… More about Alice Munro

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 11, 1998 | 240 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679781516

    Category: Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 21, 2011 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9780307814548
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    Praise

    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.” —Jonathan 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.” —Lorrie 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

    Awards

    Man Booker International Prize WINNER 2009

    Nobel Prize WINNER 2013

    Table Of Contents

    Walker Brothers Cowboy

    The Shining Houses

    Images

    Thanks for the Ride

    The Office

    An Ounce of Cure

    The Time of Death

    Day of the Butterfly

    Boys and Girls

    Postcard

    Red Dress—1946

    Sunday Afternoon

    A Trip to the Coast

    The Peace of Utrecht

    Dance of the Happy Shades

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