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Runaway
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781400077915
ISBN: 1400077915
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: November 08, 2005
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: November 08, 2005
Studio: Vintage
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Editorial Review:
The incomparable Alice Munro’s bestselling and rapturously acclaimed Runaway is a book of extraordinary stories about love and its infinite betrayals and surprises, from the title story about a young woman who, though she thinks she wants to, is incapable of leaving her husband, to three stories about a woman named Juliet and the emotions that complicate the luster of her intimate relationships. In Munro’s hands, the people she writes about–women of all ages and circumstances, and their friends, lovers, parents, and children–become as vivid as our own neighbors. It is her miraculous gift to make these stories as real and unforgettable as our own.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Amazing Short-Story Writer!
This is more of a testimony than a review. A friend of mine loaned me this book several months ago, and it went into a pile of papers on my desk and I promptly forgot about it. When I discovered it last week, I was blown away, and had to call my friend to thank them... but not until I ordered my own copy. While reading the first story in this collection, I realized how rare it is that a short story sorta works miracles in your head. How a good writer can somehow pack pages of understanding into ... Read More
Rating:  - Is this Chic-Lit?
I hope not, because I loved it, and I don't usually go for Bridget Jones type of stuff.
Munro is a real story writer; she gives you memorable characters that stick with you long after you've closed the book.
Even when a story's conclusion seems inevitable, I find myself flipping pages anxiously...
This is a great story collection...
Rating:  - Interesting, but not earth-shattering, stories
Alice Munroe is widely lauded as one of the most brilliant modern short story writers. As a lover of short stories, I was expecting to really enjoy this collection. Certainly the stories are well-written and enjoyable to read. They are peopled largely with women, many of whom seem to exhibit a host of stereotypical feminine flaws (far too subservient or braggingly independent, ready to throw their lives away for randomly met men, etc). It isn't necessarily that the characters are not realistic; they ... Read More
Rating: - How to deal with melancholy
This offering of short stories by Alice Munro is just about perfect. The stories' characters are unusual, sensitive, vulnerable. Some are isolates. The author uses some of the characters in linked stories. She covers the passage of time in competent, realistic fashion, hiding her mastery of the literary form.
In "Runaway" the goat and the woman both take off and return to the starting points. Temperamentally they resemble each other in their capacity to bring cheer to others. Their ... Read More
Rating: - Gorgeous
I hope that everyone who can appreciate good writing will have a chance to read Alice Munro's works at some point. Her stories are lovely little works of art. This is a fine, fine collection. Highly recommended.
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