The 2013 Nobel Prize for literature has
been awarded to Alice Munro, whom the Nobel committee called a
"master of the contemporary short story". Munro is the 13th woman – and
the first Canadian – to win the prestigious literature award.
Seen as a contemporary Chekhov for her warmth, insight and compassion, she has captured a wide range of lives and personalities without passing judgment on her characters. Unusually for Nobel winners, Munro’s work consists almost entirely of short stories. Lives of Girls and Women is her only novel, and even that is often described as a collection of linked stories.
Seen as a contemporary Chekhov for her warmth, insight and compassion, she has captured a wide range of lives and personalities without passing judgment on her characters. Unusually for Nobel winners, Munro’s work consists almost entirely of short stories. Lives of Girls and Women is her only novel, and even that is often described as a collection of linked stories.
I've just ordered the selection of her short stories published in 1998 The Love of a Good Woman and am looking forward to reading it.
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