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The Moons of Jupiter

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Eleven “witty, subtle, [and] passionate” (The New York Times Book Review) stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “a true master of the form” (Salman Rushdie)

“Alice Munro’s fine and intelligent stories are like Edward Hopper paintings, lit with a relentless clarity, and richly illuminating the perplexities of human connection, their possibilities and pain.”—Washington Post Book World
 
In these piercingly lovely and endlessly surprising stories by one of the most acclaimed practitioners of the art of fiction, many things happen; there are betrayals and reconciliations, love affairs consummated and mourned. But the true events in The Moons of Jupiter are the ways in which the characters are transformed over time, coming to view their past selves with anger, regret, and infinite compassion that communicate themselves to us with electrifying force.

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ISBN9780679732709
PublisherRandom House
Publication Date05/07/91
Pages258

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  • gedankenlabor
    gedankenlabor

    290 Followers

    5.0

    „Die Jupitermonde" Von Alice Munro sind alte Erzählungen, neu übersetzt und wie schon „Liebes Leben“ konnte mich Alice Munro wieder gänzlich abholen. Ihre Geschichten sind wie ich finde einfach und doch taucht man tief ein. Man begegnet alltäglichen Dingen, Drama, Schmerz, Hoffnung, Liebe und einfach vielen Facetten des Lebens. Für mich fühlt es sich beim lesen immer wieder so an, als würde ich ganz lebendig in den kurzen Erzählungen stecken, wie kleine Kurzfilme, die mich packen und mir auf wenigen Seiten einfach ein Gefühl von abtauchen können vermitteln. Jedem, der gerne auch mal kürzere Erzählungen liest und das Seichte zu schätzen weiß, dem kann ich sehr empfehlen sich die Werke von Alice Munro mal genauer anzusehen.

    Sep 19, 2022

  • Unknown User
    Unknown User

    6 Followers

    2.0

    So... I didn't get it. Most of it. I got into most of those stories easily enough, but the mostly ended at seemingly random points. Two of them I actually liked (Accident and Mrs. Kidd and Mrs. Cross), the rest was just blah. I saw no progression in most stories, just scenes, and thats not what I want, even from a short story.

    Jan 6, 2024

  • messyreading
    messyreading

    3 Followers

    2.0

    So... I didn't get it. Most of it. I got into most of those stories easily enough, but the mostly ended at seemingly random points. Two of them I actually liked (Accident and Mrs. Kidd and Mrs. Cross), the rest was just blah. I saw no progression in most stories, just scenes, and thats not what I want, even from a short story.

    Dec 30, 2020

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