Alice Munro

Alice Munro was born in 1931 and is the author of twelve collections of stories, most recently Too Much Happiness, and a novel, Lives of Girls and Women. She has received many awards and prizes, including three of Canada's Governor General's Literary Awards and two Giller Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Lannan Literary Award, the WHSmith Book Award in the UK, the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for The Beggar Maid, and has been...See more

Alice Munro book reviews

  • Runaway 5 out of 5

    emotional poignant

    by John O, Mar 30, 2012

    Intense, succinct. Moving stories economicly told. Surprising twists. Stories like a mirror to life. read more

  • The Love of a Good Woman 5 out of 5

    by Alla5nski, Dec 14, 2010

    Brilliant. Alice Munro at her very best. Engaging, sharply-drawn and often funny. read more

  • The View from Castle Rock 4 out of 5

    The view from Castle Rock

    by Bookwit, Mar 22, 2010

    As usual she writes superbly and creates real atmosphere. I particularly enjoyed the first part on the settling of Nova Scotia by her antecedents. read more

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