Dear Life
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**WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE**
Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant collection of short stories.
Moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in Dear Life build to form a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be.
'She is so damn good' Anne Enright
'Deep and surprising and unsparing' Guardian
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Short Stories are not my favourite genre. Usually once I'm into the story it is already over again. There are only very few exceptions to this rule. Sometimes a story is better kept short and the rest left to the reader's imagination. In this collection there were several of the latter type which made me rate it 4 stars. If Goodreads had a system for half stars it would only have been 3.5. There were some stories I liked a lot (Amundsen, In sight of the lake, Night, Dear Life), others that were good but not my favourites, but also a few I didn't like or didn't care much for (To reach Japan, Train). I definitely want to read more of Munro's writing now because one thing is sure (even from the stories I didn't like): she's an excellent writer.
Description
**WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE**
Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant collection of short stories.
Moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in Dear Life build to form a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be.
'She is so damn good' Anne Enright
'Deep and surprising and unsparing' Guardian
Book Information
Posts
Short Stories are not my favourite genre. Usually once I'm into the story it is already over again. There are only very few exceptions to this rule. Sometimes a story is better kept short and the rest left to the reader's imagination. In this collection there were several of the latter type which made me rate it 4 stars. If Goodreads had a system for half stars it would only have been 3.5. There were some stories I liked a lot (Amundsen, In sight of the lake, Night, Dear Life), others that were good but not my favourites, but also a few I didn't like or didn't care much for (To reach Japan, Train). I definitely want to read more of Munro's writing now because one thing is sure (even from the stories I didn't like): she's an excellent writer.