This stunning collection of new stories demonstrates once again why Alice Munro is celebrated as a pre-eminent master of the short story. While some of the stories are traditional, set in (3z(BAlice Munro Country(3y (Bin Ontario or in B.C., dealing with ordinary women<U+2019>s lives, others have a new, sharper edge. They involve child murders, strange sex, and a terrifying home invasion. By way of astonishing variety, the title story, set in Victorian Europe, follows the last journey from France to Sweden of a famous Russian mathematician. This daring, superb collection proves that Alice Munro will always surprise you.
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ISBN: 0771065299
ISBN: 9780771065293
Physical Description:303 p. ; 24 cm.print
Publisher:Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c2009.
General Note: "A Douglas Gibson book.".Short stories.
Formatted Contents Note: Dimensions -- Fiction -- Wenlock Edge -- Deep-holes -- Free radicals -- Face -- Some women -- Child's play -- Wood -- Too much happiness.