Alice Munro, new Nobelist

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

Munro was easily the best choice among the Ladbrokes TOP 5, IMO... (Pynch
was with his 12/1 odds 7th or 8th.)

I have read four of her 14(?) collections, including the first, Dance of
the Happy Shades (1968), which I think might be the best place to start
with Munro: the stories mostly concern childhood and youth unlike the
collections to follow; she is already a very good writer but would evolve
and become more nuanced.


Heikki

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013, Richard Ryan wrote:

> Thanks for the recommendations, Bekah - she's been on my "must read" list for along time, now higher on the list than ever, obviously.
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> > Subject: Re: Alice Munro, new Nobelist
> > From: bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
> > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:27:45 -0700
> > CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
> > To: markekohut at yahoo.com
> >
> > Yes,  Alice Munro is excellent.  I've read a couple by her but have been wanting to find time to read more.    Her short stories are really like mini novels they are so full of everything and deliciously satisfying.   The Beggar Maid and Too Much Happiness are both excellent -  Sophia Kovalevsky (remember her? - Russian/German/Swedish mathematician)  is the protagonist of the story "Too Much Happiness."
> >
> > Bekah
> >
> >
> > On Oct 10, 2013, at 4:06 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > discussed a bit one or twice on the plist. So fine.
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