Alice Munro





Alice Munro

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in Wingham, Ontario, Canada
July 10, 1931

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Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw (born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short-story writer who is widely considered one of the world's premier fiction writers. Munro is a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction. Her stories focus on human relationships looked at through the lens of daily life. She has thus been referred to as "the Canadian Chekhov."


Average rating: 3.99 · 43,301 ratings · 4,717 reviews · 72 distinct works · Similar authors
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“There is a limit to the amount of misery and disarray you will put up with, for love, just as there is a limit to the amount of mess you can stand around a house. You can't know the limit beforehand, but you will know when you've reached it. I believe this.”
Alice Munro

“Never underestimate the meanness in people's souls... Even when they're being kind... especially when they're being kind.”
Alice Munro

“Because if she let go of her grief even for a minute it would only hit her harder when she bumped into it again. ”
Alice Munro, Away from Her

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