Fishpond China, The Love of a Good Woman: Stories (Vintage International) by AliceMunroBuy . Books online: The Love of a Good Woman: Stories (Vintage International), 1999, Fishpond.com
it’s baffling why it doesn’t make it into more Selected and Collection volumes. It’s certainly the most overtly personal of Munro’s early stories, and she has said in interview that this one changed the way she wrote. Until
Alice Munro Short Stories, Cont’d “Free Radicals” Nita’s husband, Rich, just died at eighty-one. She’s sixty-two. People checked in on her at first. She doesn’t want any interference; she hasn’t even told everyone about the death. Rich died outside the hardware store. Nita di...
s identity. Fremlin died in 2013. Skinner wrote in her essay in theToronto Starthat she decided to come forward after her mother’s death because the abuse had been “erased” from accounts of Munro’s life: “I…wanted this story, my story, to become part of the stories people tell ...
Note: Back in 2013, when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature, we published a post featuring 20 short stories written by Munro. Open Culture, openculture.com
Alongside “Thanks For The Ride“, the far more recent “Axis” and various other stories by Alice Munro, “Postcard” encapsulates the no-win situation in which young women found themselves during a time of great social change, which had a sexual revolution at its heart. ...
A Canadian writer, Munro has been publishing stories for almost 30 years; they have earned her massive acclaim. This new collection offers both a fine testament to the stories that have made Munro’s reputation and a delightful opportunity for the reader to journey at length in Munro’s fictio...
Just how old are they, these women in Alice Munro’s stories, these women in “Hard-Luck Stories” in particular. “Over the past couple of years I have experienced moments of disbelief when I meet my friends in public. They look older than I think they should.” ...
“Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro A CHARACTER NAMED FLORA Three short stories by Alice Munro feature a character named Flora: “Boys and Girls,”“Friend of My Youth,” and “Runaway.” Written over a period of almost forty years, they reveal the interactions between animals and humans, ...