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Alice Munro

    July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024

    Alice Munro, a celebrated Canadian author, masterfully captures the complexities of human relationships through the lens of daily life. Her stories, often delving into the profound depths of everyday experiences, have earned her the moniker "the Canadian Chekhov." Munro's narrative approach meticulously examines the subtle nuances of interpersonal interactions, revealing their universal resonance. Her literary significance lies in her unparalleled ability to transform seemingly ordinary moments into deeply impactful tales that probe the human condition.

    Alice Munro
    The Progress of Love
    Friend of My Youth. Glaubst Du, es war Liebe?, englische Ausgabe
    Dance of the happy shades
    Family Furnishings
    Selected Stories Volume Two: 1995-2009
    Selected stories
    • 2021

      Covering the first half of Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro's career, these are some of the best, most touching and powerful short stories ever written This first-ever selection of Alice Munro's stories sums up her genius. Her territory is the secrets that cackle beneath the fa ade of everyday lives, the pain and promises, loves and fears of apparently ordinary men and women whom she renders extraordinary and unforgettable. This volume brings together the best of Munro's stories, from 1968 through to 1994. The second selected volume of her stories, 1995-2009 is also published by Vintage Classics.

      Selected Stories: Volume One 1968-1994
    • 2021

      ** Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature ** 'Munro is still one of our most fearless explorers of the human being, as she descends, time and again, headlamp on full beam, pickaxe and butter-knife at the ready' The Times Spanning her last five collections and bringing together her finest work from the past fifteen years, this new selection of Alice Munro's stories infuses everyday lives with a wealth of nuance and insight. Beautifully observed and remarkably crafted, written with emotion and empathy, these stories are nothing short of perfection. A masterclass in the genre, from an author who deservedly lays claim to being one of the major fiction writers of our time.

      Selected Stories Volume Two: 1995-2009
    • 2016

      Die in »Ferne Verabredungen« versammelten schönsten Erzählungen der kanadischen Nobelpreisträgerin Alice Munro, darunter auch, erstmals auf Deutsch, ihre frühe Erzählung »Die Dimensionen eines Schattens«, spiegeln das ganze Panorama ihrer Kunst. Da ist die junge Pauline in der berühmten Erzählung »Die Kinder bleiben hier«, die Hals über Kopf ihre Familie verlässt, oder Fiona und Grant in »Der Bär kletterte über den Berg«, deren langjährige Ehe sich durch Fionas Demenz fundamental verändert. Es sind Geschichten von verborgenen Sehnsüchten, die sich allmählich ihren Raum erobern, scheinbar belanglosen Ereignissen, die doch ein ganzes Dasein infrage stellen, Geschichten vom Unterwegssein, von kühnen Momenten des Ausbrechens – mal eindringlich, mal beunruhigend, doch immer voller Sympathie für das Leben und seine Helden. Mit einem Nachwort von Manuela Reichart.

      Ferne Verabredungen
    • 2014

      Super ET: Troppa felicità

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Felicità? Troppa felicità? Qual è il limite entro cui ci si può dire felici? Per Alice Munro è chiaro: la felicità sta nel potenziale di spregiudicatezza della vecchiaia, l'età che permette di spingersi fino a fondo nel vortice della vita. E se poi la felicità è troppa, restano le storie. Storie di omicidi, furti, suicidi, crudeltà, bugie, che portano allo scoperto le crepe e le fratture che sfregiano silenziosamente anche le esistenze normali. E rendono visibile quello che si nasconde dietro ad ogni illusione, ad ogni tentativo di dimenticare e di distorcere ciò che è stato. Con una scrittura sempre piú consapevole e mai cosí grande Alice Munro trascina il lettore in un caleidoscopio di racconti di bellezza incandescente, animati «da un'elettricità inedita, una scarica di tremenda libertà».

      Super ET: Troppa felicità
    • 2014

      Lying Under the Apple Tree

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.8(45)Add rating

      Spanning her last five collections and bringing together her finest work from the past fifteen years, this selection of Alice Munro's stories infuses everyday lives with a wealth of nuance and insight. It is written with emotion and empathy.

      Lying Under the Apple Tree
    • 2014

      Family Furnishings

      • 620 pages
      • 22 hours of reading
      4.2(995)Add rating

      "From the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature ... a new selection of her ... short fiction, gathered from the collections of the last two decades, a companion volume to Selected stories (1968-1994)"-- Dust jacket flap.

      Family Furnishings
    • 2014

      Lasciarsi Andare

      • 571 pages
      • 20 hours of reading
      3.8(66)Add rating

      Lasciarsi andare raccoglie diciassette racconti, scelti da Alice Munro tra i suoi preferiti. Diciassette pietre miliari che scandiscono un percorso affascinante lungo la sua carriera, le sue opere, i suoi temi. E che ci permettono di osservare, con un unico colpo d'occhio, l'evoluzione del suo talento. Prefazione di Margaret Atwood

      Lasciarsi Andare
    • 2013

      De liefde van een goede vrouw bevat zes verhalen die lezen als korte romans. De meestal vrouwelijke personages proberen hun dagelijks bestaan, of dat van anderen, naar hun hand te zetten – in werkelijkheid of in hun fantasie. Ze ontmoeten nieuwe mensen, knopen relaties aan, verliezen een geliefde, en maken keuzes in het leven. Maar ze rekenen daarbij buiten de onvermoede en geheime kracht van de liefde. Bevat de verhalen: De liefde van een goede vrouw Cortes Eiland Slechts de maaier De kinderen blijven Stinkend rijk Voor de ommezwaai In deze bundel zijn niet opgenomen de verhalen 'Djakarta' en 'De droom van mijn moeder'.

      Colibri-bibliotheek - 5: De liefde van een goede vrouw
    • 2013

      Dear Life. Liebes Leben, englische Ausgabe

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      **Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant new collection of 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.

      Dear Life. Liebes Leben, englische Ausgabe
    • 2012

      Contemporánea: Demasiada felicidad

      • 334 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Una joven madre recibe consuelo inesperado por la muerte de sus tres hijos, otra mujer reacciona de forma insólita ante la humillación a la que la somete un hombre; otros cuentos describen la crueldad de los niños y los huecos de soledad que se crean en el día a día de la vida de pareja. Como broche de oro, en el último cuento acompañamos a Sofía Kovalevski, una matemática rusa que realmente vivió a mediados del siglo XIX, en su largo peregrinaje a través de Europa en busca de una universidad que admitiera a mujeres como profesoras, y viviremos con ella su historia de amor con un hombre que hizo lo que supo por decepcionarla. Contents: Dimensiones -- Ficción -- El filo de Wenlock -- Pozos profundos -- Radicales libres -- Cara -- Algunas mujeres -- Juego de niños -- Madera -- Demasiada felicidad.

      Contemporánea: Demasiada felicidad