Winner of the 1991 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book: Canada and the Caribbean
Winner of the 1990 Trillium Book Award
A 1990 New York Times Editor’s Choice
In the powerful, haunting stories of Munro’s new collection, men and women, in the midst of contemporary quandaries and crises, recall the long-buried yearnings, dreams, and hard choices that have
given shape to their lives.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“[Friend of My Youth is] a wonderful collection of stories, beautifully written and deeply felt.” —New York Times
“It is difficult to do
justice to Munro’s magical way with characterization or to her unerring
control of her own resources; she writes…with a trenchant
knowledge of life and fiction as conspiring forces of creation.” —Publishers Weekly, praise for the author
“Munro is an established author, one of the few who have mastered the art
of short story writing…The primary characters, mainly women, have diverse
relationships with their families and other unusual acquaintances. The
plots are sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but always within the realm
of realism…readers will find
these stories entertaining and often thought-provoking. Recommended.” —Library Journal
Alice Munro, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, grew up in Wingham, Ontario, and attended the University of Western Ontario. She has published eleven collections of stories and
two volumes of selected stories, as well as a novel. During her distinguished career she has been the recipient of many awards and prizes, including three of Canada’s Governor General’s Literary
Awards and two of its Giller Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Lannan Literary Award, England’s W. H. Smith Book Award, the United States’ National Book Critics Circle Award, the
Edward MacDowell Medal in literature, and the Man Booker International Prize. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review, and other
publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. She lives in Clinton, Ontario, near Lake Huron.
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Details
Format:
Library CD
Available Formats :
Library CD
Category:
Fiction
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
CDs:
8
Runtime:
10.04
ISBN:
9780792730866
Audience:
Adult
Language:
English
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