WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2013 A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents' confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes the fragility of the trust between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his younger brother. In these and other stories Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.
Author
Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw, is a Canadian short-story writer who is widely considered one of the world's premier fiction writers. Munro is a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction. Her stories focus on human relationships looked at through the lens of daily life. She has thus been referred to as "the Canadian Chekhov." She is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. (Arabic: أليس مونرو) (Persian: آلیس مانرو) (Russian Cyrillic: Элис Манро) (Ukrainian Cyrillic: Еліс Манро) (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Алис Мънро) (Slovak: Alice Munroová) (Serbian: Alis Manro)
