Runaway

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• Runaway

  Alice Munro, who Allan Gurganus describes as “our greatest and most subtle surrealist,” has herself lived a surreal sort of life, hiding in the “disguise” (her word) of a 1950s housewife while writing the ingenious short stories that fifty years late ... (read full critics)

  womenwriters published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

• The Munro doctrine

  Runaway by Alice Munro 335pp, Chatto & Windus, £15.99 Alice Munro is now in her mid-70s, and her gaze, always marvellously quick and deep, searches back over longer distances. Almost all the stories in her new book contain gaps and jumps in time, fro ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

7 Reviews

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  In his introduction to Runaway, Jonathan Franzen rants and raves about Alice Munro, saying she is one of the most underappreciated writers of our time. His theory is that you do not come away from one of her books feeling educated, but instead KNOWING the characters, in and out, and recognizing them ... (continue)

  In his introduction to Runaway, Jonathan Franzen rants and raves about Alice Munro, saying she is one of the most underappreciated writers of our time. His theory is that you do not come away from one of her books feeling educated, but instead KNOWING the characters, in and out, and recognizing them. The subjects of her short stories are not lofty or pretentious. She deals with people, people, people, as Jonathan says. This is precisely what I loved about the book.

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  I was a bit let down given the buzz from NY times' endorsement. Meek, docile and trepid women, no matter how vividly the writer portrayed them, never won my heart.

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  meowmeow said on Jan 28, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  Alice Munro, always the best speculator of humanity, of what make you human, with all contradiction and painful little betrayals. The 'Runaway' eponym story is absolute perfection, and the others are pretty close.

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  sexy said on Nov 30, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  Carver-Chekhov-Munro. In my opinion nobody writes short stories like them. When are they going to give this lady the Nobel? Just because she comes from Canada and not from a troubled country doesn't mean she doesn't deserve it!

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  nuriape said on Nov 17, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  I really don't like Munro's description of women as really weak, sad, unlucky beings.
  I'm not feminist but this is way toooo pessimistic for me!

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  Bleedindarklove said on Oct 15, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  I liked this much more than I expected I would.

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  Hold Your Spin said on May 5, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 368 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0099472252
• ISBN-13: 9780099472254
• Publisher: Vintage
• Pub date: Feb 02, 2006
• Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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