false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173748431m/322662.jpg 322662 14 In these fifteen short stories--her eighth collection of short stories in a long and distinguished career--Alice Munro conjures ordinary lives with an extraordinary vision, displaying the remarkable talent for which she is now widely celebrated. Set on farms, by river marshes, in the lonely towns and new suburbs of western Ontario, these tales are luminous acts of attention to those vivid moments when revelation emerges from the layers of experience that lie behind even the most everyday events and lives.<br><br>"Virtuosity, elemental command, incisive like a diamond, remarkable: all these descriptions fit Alice Munro."--<i>Christian Science Monitor</i><br><br>"How does one know when one is in the grip of art--of a major talent?....It is art that speaks from the pages of Alice Munro's stories."--<i>Wall Street Journal</i> 848931 1968 Dance of the Happy Shades total:208|5:91|4:78|3:33|2:4|1:2| 208 876 307 23 3 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 14:12:36 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 14:23:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 10:56:23 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:24:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon May 11 23:40:53 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 10:46:57 -0700 2009 Can this actually be a genre (or sub-genre)?

Either way, after the long wait to actually read some of her work, it appears I am in love with Alice Munro.


(here you have the most appropriate image from the first page of a "Southern Ontario Gothic" ima...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 14:14:32 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 14:10:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 13:45:07 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 13:51:31 -0700 2009 Boys and Girls, Dance of the Happy Shades, and most especially Red Dress -- 1946. The...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 07:05:04 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 07:12:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 14:18:25 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 13:54:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 18:29:07 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 18:30:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Sun Oct 18 12:54:28 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 12:54:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 22:36:21 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 10:45:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 08:58:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 08:58:56 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 18:52:33 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 15:22:19 -0700 2009 link]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Sep 17 05:27:19 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 22 09:27:52 -0800 2009
Took me about 2 months to complete not due to any fault of the book. Rather the dark side of life but well-written and some insights that resound...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 10:13:55 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 13 11:06:00 -0800 2009 Something I've been Meaning to Tell You, Dance of the Happy Shades still makes country life seem familiar to a suburbanite. The stories aren't absorbed in themselves or their tragedies but come off more as a calm narration only in need of a reader.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 11:29:08 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 21:04:30 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 09:33:51 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 10:09:37 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Nov 12 08:24:05 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 19 09:50:06 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 09:51:01 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 09:52:20 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 09:52:20 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 07 17:31:32 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 12:56:00 -0800 2009
Seriously, this is some of the best prose I've read in a long time.]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Fri Mar 06 16:45:56 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 28 18:48:43 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=322662