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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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  • sono irritata con me stessa perché sono dovuta arrivare alla fine del terzo libro per capire che io la Munro non la sopporto; già mi piacciono poco i racconti in genere ma questi ancor meno, densi di disgrazie, con dei personaggi quasi sempre rinunciatari: donne che deliberatamente scelgono di non g ... Continue

    sono irritata con me stessa perché sono dovuta arrivare alla fine del terzo libro per capire che io la Munro non la sopporto; già mi piacciono poco i racconti in genere ma questi ancor meno, densi di disgrazie, con dei personaggi quasi sempre rinunciatari: donne che deliberatamente scelgono di non guardare in faccia la realtà, qualunque essa sia (ma ti pare che io aspetto un anno per rivedere un uomo e poi mi faccio sbattere la porta in faccia oppure da madre non so più niente di una figlia così, senza alcun motivo apparente? per non parlare di quell'altra lasciata a marcire in manicomio e tu te ne stai zitta e buona quando incontri il marito responsabile?). Mi riesce davvero difficile comprendere come si riesca ad immedesimarsi in atteggiamenti di questo tipo o nei tratti di carattere che li sottendono.. la sensibilità femminile non c'entra una cippa, sia chiaro!

    

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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 27, 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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  • 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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