Trending Bestseller

Alice Munro

No reviews yet Write a Review
Alice Munro is Canada's greatest short story writer. This book, the first full length study of her work published in Britain, explores the appeal of Munro's fictions of small-town Canadian with their precise attention to social surfaces and their fascination with local gossip and scandal.
Paperback / softback
208 Pages
06-August-1998
$38.43
Ships in 3-5 business days

Delivery estimate

Hurry up! Current stock:
This study of the work of Alice Munro explores the appeal of her fictions of small-town Canada with their precise attention to social surfaces and their fascination with local gossip and scandal. It highlights Munro's distinctive storytelling methods which combine the familiar and unfamiliar, slipping between realism and fantasy to make visible what is usually hidden in everyday life. These are women's narratives, full of silent female knowledge - of female bodies, love stories and romantic fantasies as well as female casualties.

You Can Find This Title In

    Product Details
    ISBN-13
    9780719045592
    Author
    Coral Howells
    Publisher
    Manchester University Press
    Published
    06-August-1998
    Format
    Paperback / softback
    Pages
    208

    This product hasn't received any reviews yet. Be the first to review this product!

    $38.43
    Ships in 3-5 business days

    Delivery estimate

    Hurry up! Current stock:

    Alice Munro

    $38.43

    Description

    This study of the work of Alice Munro explores the appeal of her fictions of small-town Canada with their precise attention to social surfaces and their fascination with local gossip and scandal. It highlights Munro's distinctive storytelling methods which combine the familiar and unfamiliar, slipping between realism and fantasy to make visible what is usually hidden in everyday life. These are women's narratives, full of silent female knowledge - of female bodies, love stories and romantic fantasies as well as female casualties.

    You Can Find This Title In

      This Title Is Categorised As