Zbiór ośmiu opowiadań o kobietach. Ich losy, możliwości i ograniczenia we współczesnym świecie są główną osią twórczości Munro, znakomitej pisarki kanadyjskiej. Jej bohaterki muszą sobie radzić z niejednoznacznością własnych uczuć, z wewnętrznymi konfliktami, z rozdźwiękiem między tym, czego chcą, a tym, co muszą. Jest tak z wkraczającą w dorosłość mężatką, która szuka swojego miejsca w życiu, jest tak z młodą kobietą, która przyjeżdża na wakacje do matki, ale nie potrafi z nią wytrzymać, bo ma w sobie zbyt dużo goryczy i żalu. Miłość kobiet przyjmuje rozmaite formy: uczucia matki do córki, dziecka do dorosłego, żony do męża, przyjaciółki do przyjaciółki - Munro pokazuje je wszystkie z niezwykłą wnikliwością, odsłaniając głębię i zawiłość zwyczajnego życia oraz siłę emocji, które wiążą ludzi ze sobą na nieskończenie różnorodne sposoby.
Wszystkie bohaterki nagrodzonego prestiżową Man Booker Prize tomu opowiadań
noblistki to uciekinierki, badające granice swojej wolności, a raczej klatki,
jaką stało się ich życie. Szukają wyzwolenia i wydaje się, że zrobiły
wszystko, by być gdzie indziej, spr�bować czegoś innego, p�jść za swoimi
pragnieniami, uwolnić się od samotności i znaleźć szczęście, kt�re wydaje się
na wyciągnięcie ręki, lecz nigdy dostatecznie blisko, by je posmakować. Z
pozornie prostych epizod�w, buduje Munro nastroje pełne ulotnego dramatyzmu,
kt�ry powoli przechodzi w melancholię i cichą zadumę nad możliwością i
niemożliwością zmiany oraz stopnia, w jakim można wpłynąć na własny los.
Lata 40., kanadyjska prowincja. Del Jordan, dziewczynka, później dziewczyna, mieszka na farmie swojego ojca, gdzie jej najczęstszymi towarzyszami są ekscentryczny przyjaciel rodziny i szorstki młodszy brat. Kiedy Del zacznie spędzać więcej czasu w mieście, pojawią się też kobiety: matka agnostyczka sprzedająca farmerom encyklopedie, lubieżna Fern Dogherty i najlepsza przyjaciółka, Naomi. Dzięki tym nauczycielom i nauczycielkom, a także dzięki własnym doświadczeniom z seksem, narodzinami i śmiercią, Del odkrywa jasne i mroczne strony kobiecości.
Short Stories. This first-ever selection of Alice Munro's stories sums up her genius. Her territory is the secrets that cackle beneath the facade of everyday lives, the pain and promises, loves and fears of apparently ordinary men and women whom she renders extraordinary and unforgettable.
** Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature ** 'Munro is still one of our most fearless explorers of the human being, as she descends, time and again, headlamp on full beam, pickaxe and butter-knife at the ready' The Times Spanning her last five collections and bringing together her finest work from the past fifteen years, this new selection of Alice Munro's stories infuses everyday lives with a wealth of nuance and insight. Beautifully observed and remarkably crafted, written with emotion and empathy, these stories are nothing short of perfection. A masterclass in the genre, from an author who deservedly lays claim to being one of the major fiction writers of our time.
Alice Munro, who received the National Book Critics Circle Award for her latest collection of stories, The Love of a Good Woman , is widely acknowledged as a modern master of the short story. In this earlier collection, she demonstrates all of those strengths that have won her so many literary accolades. 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.
A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband's past - and instead discovering unsettling truths about a total stranger. The ten stories in this collection not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience.
A remarkable early collection of stories by Alice Munro, the bestselling author of Dear Life, and one of the greatest fiction writers of our time. âe~Alice Munroâe(tm)s stories are miraculousâe(tm) Sunday Times âe~No one else can âe" or should be allowed to âe" write like the great Alice Munroâe(tm) Julian Barnes âe~She sets down the pains and pleasures of living in a spare, singing prose, not a word wastedâe(tm) Daily Telegraph âe~Read not more than one of her stories a day, and allow them to work their spell: they are made to lastâe(tm) Observer âe~She's the most savage writer I've ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptiveâe(tm) Jeffrey Eugenides
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE® IN LITERATURE 2013Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the greatest modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.“In Munro’s hands, as in Chekhov’s, a short story is more than big enough to hold the world—and to astonish us again and again.” — Chicago TribuneIn an unbroken procession of brilliant, revelatory short stories, Alice Munro has unfolded the wordless secrets that lie at the heart of all human experience. She has won three Governor General’s Literary Awards in her native Canada, as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award.Vintage Munro includes stories from throughout her The title stories from her collections The Moons of Jupiter ; The Progress of Love ; Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage ; “Differently,” from Selected Stories , and “Carried Away,” from Open Secrets .
My Best Stories is a dazzling selection of stories—seventeen favourites chosen by the author from across her distinguished career. The stories are arranged in the order in which they were written, allowing even the most devoted Munro admirer to discover how her work developed. "Royal Beatings" shows us right away how far we are from the romantic world of happy endings. "The Albanian Virgin" smashes the idea that all of her stories are set in B.C. or in Ontario's "Alice Munro Country." "A Wilderness Station" breaks short story rules by transporting us back to the 1830s and then jumping forward more than a hundred years. And the final story, "The Bear Came Over the Mountain," which was adapted into the film Away from Her, leads us far beyond the turkey-plucking world of young girls into unflinching old age. Every story in this selection is superb. It is a book to read—and reread—very slowly, savouring each separate story. This collection of small masterpieces deserves a place in every book lover's home.
As always, Alice Munro surprises us with her latest collection of nine stories, each uniquely her own yet subtly different. The title story spans from post-war small-town Ontario to a nearly deserted hotel on the Saskatchewan prairie, where two lives are irrevocably altered by a random act of mischief that remains undisclosed. “Floating Bridge” features Jinny, a 42-year-old battling cancer, as her husband hires a caregiver and they visit the girl’s trailer park relatives, exposing class tensions. An unforgettable twist concludes the story in a way that lingers in the reader's mind. Other narratives include a flirtatious reunion with a teenage sweetheart that takes a tragic turn when he reveals the heartbreaking loss of their youngest son, killed in an accident. Munro’s settings range from Vancouver Island to small-town Ontario and Toronto, yet the themes are universal. The characters—truly, the people—are rendered with such depth that they remain etched in memory long after the last page is turned. This collection showcases Munro’s unparalleled ability to weave intricate tales that resonate deeply with readers.
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Previously published as 'The Beggar
Maid' Born into the back streets of a small Canadian town, Rose battled
incessantly with her practical and shrewd stepmother, Flo, who cowed her with
tales of her own past and warnings of the dangerous world outside. But Rose
was ambitious - she won a scholarship and left for Toronto where she married
Patrick. She was his Beggar Maid, 'meek and voluptuous, with her shy white
feet', and he was her knight, content to sit and adore her. Alice Munro's
wonderful collection of stories reads like a novel, following Rose's life as
she moves away from her impoverished roots and forges her own path in the
world.
THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREThe characters who populate an Alice Munro story live and breathe. Passions hopelessly conceived, affections betrayed, marriages made and broken: the joys, fears, loves and awakenings of women echo throughout these twelve unforgettable stories, laying bare the unexceptional and yet inescapable pain of human contact.
Spanning her last five collections and bringing together her finest work from
the past fifteen years, this selection of Alice Munro's stories infuses
everyday lives with a wealth of nuance and insight. It is written with emotion
and empathy.
At age 82, Clifton Fadiman continues his prolific publishing career, here presenting 62 of the world's best short stories from 16 countries. His criteria? "Each story had to be both interesting and of high literary merit." Fadiman fulfills both requirements and much more, offering a cornucopia of superior 20th-century writers that includes Franz Kafka, D. H. Lawrence, Isaac Babel, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Cheever, Sean O'Faolain, Graham Greene, Robert Penn Warren, Colette, John Updike, Donald Barthelme, and James Thurber. (Regrettably, J. D. Salinger is not included due to lack of permission.) Here is a truly remarkable collection of this century's short stories that readers from all over the world will read with delight.
This collection of stories capture the essence of life. Moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. A portrait of how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be.
Ranging from the 1850s to the present and from Ontario to Brisbane and Albania, these eight linked stories are concerned with the daily threads of life in two small Ontario towns. All the stories centre on unconventional women who refuse to let themselves be constrained by society or everyday life.
Alice Munro mines her rich family background, melding it with her own experiences and the transforming power of her brilliant imagination, to create perhaps her most powerful and personal collection yet. A young boy, taken to Edinburgh’s Castle Rock to look across the sea to America, catches a glimpse of his father’s dream. Scottish immigrants experience love and loss on a journey that leads them to rural Ontario. Wives, mothers, fathers, and children move through uncertainty, ambivalence, and contemplation in these stories of hopes, adversity, and wonder. The View from Castle Rock reveals what is most essential in Munro’s art: her compassionate understanding of ordinary lives.
When Queenie elopes with a recently widowed neighbour her family are uniformly shocked, and a window on adult life and relationships is opened for her step-sister. A summertime stay with the newlyweds in Toronto yields further insight into the lives of couples, but also causes confusion. Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage .
Short Stories by Ann Beattie, John Updike, Cynthia Ozick, Louis D. Rubin, Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Tallent, Hortense Calisher, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Hardwick, and many others.
Eine an Alzheimer erkrankte Frau überrascht ihren Ehemann, der sie ein Leben lang betrogen hat, mit der Liebe zu einem Rollstuhlfahrer im Pflegeheim.Verdrängte Schuld, die heimlich weiterwirkt, rätselvolle Beziehungen, bestürzend kühne Momente des Ausbrechens aus dem eigenen das ist der Stoff, aus dem Munros Erzählungen sind.
Die schönsten Erzählungen der Literatur-Nobelpreisträgerin Alice MunroDie in ›Ferne Verabredungen‹ versammelten schönsten Erzählungen der kanadischen Nobelpreisträgerin Alice Munro spiegeln das ganze Panorama ihrer Kunst. Da ist die junge Carla in »Ausreißer«, deren Fluchten sie doch nur wieder zu sich selbst führen, oder die Ehefrau in »Die Kinder bleiben hier«, die während eines scheinbar perfekten Urlaubs von einem Moment auf den anderen ihre Familie verlässt. Zum ersten Mal liegt auch die Erzählung »Die Dimensionen eines Schattens« auf Deutsch vor.Es sind Geschichten von verborgenen Sehnsüchten, die sich allmählich ihren Raum erobern, von kühnen Momenten des Ausbrechens – mal eindringlich, mal beunruhigend, doch immer voller Sympathie für das Leben und seine Helden.
Het uitzicht vanaf Castle Rock is het meest persoonlijke boek van Alice Munro (geboren Laidlaw) waarin ze uit haar familiegeschiedenis put. Haar voorouders van vaderskant hebben sinds mensenheugenis in Schotland gewoond en het is haar vaders betovergrootvader die met zijn gezin de oversteek naar de Nieuwe Wereld waagt. Er zijn brieven bewaard gebleven van meerdere generaties Laidlaw; zo heeft Munro een beeld kunnen geven van hoe het de nieuwe emigranten en hun nageslacht verging.
Nobelpreis für Literatur 2013
Alice Munro vermag es wie niemand sonst, so viel Realität, so viel Verstrickung auf so wenigen Seiten unterzubringen. Sie weiß ihre Figuren auf so knappem Raum so präzise auszuloten, den Leser so geschickt über das scheinbar Alltägliche mitten ins Dunkle, Geheimnisvolle der menschlichen Psyche zu stoßen. Ihre Storys sind Kammerspiele des Gefühls, spektakulär im scheinbar Unspektakulären - sprachliche Meisterstücke. Alice Munro hält alles in der Schwebe, erlöst uns nicht vorschnell aus unserer Unsicherheit, sondern webt uns ein in ihr erzählerisches Netz: ihr einziges Zuhause.
<p>«Mi resi conto che alcune cose dovevano essere scritte da me». Sono le parole di Alice Munro a proposito di <i>Danza delle ombre felici</i>, la sua prima raccolta di racconti, pubblicata nel 1968. Vi si trovano i personaggi, i luoghi, le situazioni e le case, i sentimenti e le cose che, decennio dopo decennio, hanno saputo ricostruire un mondo la cui mappa imperfetta contiene il movimento del tempo e la cruda bellezza di ogni vita. Oggi Alice Munro ha percorso la miriade di sentieri indicati dalle sue storie. Questo libro segna l'inizio del cammino. Tanto basterebbe per farne una tappa cruciale nell'opera di una grande autrice che parla sottovoce e che sottovoce ci ha svelato, senza mai sciuparli, molti dei suoi segreti e quasi tutti i nostri. Quindici narrazioni di una quindicina di pagine ciascuna, una meraviglia al quadrato, per la prima raccolta di racconti di Alice Munro, uscita nel 1968. Nel racconto <i>Il cowboy della Walker Brothers</i> è il rapporto tra padre e figlia a dominare i pensieri della bambina, fiera del privilegio di attraversare il territorio con un uomo disposto a portarla con sé, ma deciso a lasciarla sulla soglia del proprio mistero. Lo studio incomincia con queste parole: «La soluzione alla mia vita mi venne in mente una sera mentre stiravo una camicia». È la soluzione woolfiana della «stanza tutta per sé», nel cui quieto silenzio si dovrebbe poter rimediare la libertà necessaria alla scrittura. Ma un intruso cortese si intromette in quella solitudine come un pensiero molesto, come il tarlo di un'inadeguatezza e il presagio della futura domanda: <i>Chi ti credi di essere?</i> Quasi in risposta, Munro afferma che <i>La pace di Utrecht</i> fu «la prima storia che dovevo assolutamente scrivere», lo spartiacque artistico dopo il quale «mi resi conto che alcune cose dovevano essere scritte da me». Ad esempio la fuga, o meglio le molteplici fughe, da un mondo, da una lingua materna, che il morbo di Parkinson ha reso fonte di imbarazzo, dal dovere di esserci in conflitto con il desiderio di andare. Nel racconto, il conflitto si inscrive nelle vite parallele di due sorelle: Maddy, che è rimasta, e Helen, che ha fatto dell'andare via l'inizio di un affrancamento e la condanna a un ritorno inconsumabile. In <i>Danza delle ombre felici</i> l'anziana maestra di pianoforte Miss Marsalles si ostina a invitare le madri dei suoi allievi a un noioso saggio di fine corso. Il prestigio dell'insegnante si è andato ridimensionando come le case in cui abita, e quel rinfresco estivo ha ormai assunto i contorni di un rito doveroso e snervante. All'improvviso tuttavia accade che l'impensabile si manifesti con un inatteso scampolo di perfezione musicale. Lungi dall'essere salvifico, il modesto miracolo avrà come unico effetto quello di strappare il tessuto grigio di una comunità infeconda, ora turbata da un dono che è incapace di ricevere. (Susanna Basso)</p>
Les deux nouvelles présentées dans ce livre "De sacrées raclées" et "Un demi-pamplemousse" ont paru initialement dans la presse en 77 et 78, avant d'être reprises dans un recueil publié sous le titre "Who do you thinck you are? " Elles mettent en scène les personnages de Rose, adolescente rebelle, et de sa belle-mère Flo, avec pour toile de fond Hanratty, l'une de ces petites villes d'Ontario chères au coeur de l'auteur. A travers les rapports entre les deux femmes qui, l'une comme l'autre ont eu à souffrir très jeunes de la mort de leur mère, à travers la violence de leurs affrontements ou la complicité de leurs échanges dans leurs moments de trêves, c'est toute la générosité, toute l'humanité de l'auteur qui s'exprimeContents:De sacrées raclées --Un demi-pamplemousse.
Вот уже тридцать лет Элис Манро называют лучшим в мире автором коротких рассказов, но к российскому читателю ее книги приходят только теперь, после того, как писательница получила Нобелевскую премию по литературе. Критика постоянно сравнивает Манро с Чеховым, и это сравнение не лишено оснований: подобно русскому писателю, она умеет рассказать историю так, что читатели, даже принадлежащие к совсем другой культуре, узнают в героях самих себя. В своем новейшем сборнике «Дороже самой жизни» Манро опять вдыхает в героев настоящую жизнь со всеми ее изъянами и нюансами. Самое сильное оружие в арсенале Манро — умение сочувствовать персонажам, и здесь она снова демонстрирует его в полном объеме.
Das persönlichste Buch von Alice Munro: Ihre Spurensuche in der eigenen Familiengeschichte und Erinnerung führt in die reizvolle Wirklichkeit von Dichtung und Wahrheit. In ihren Geschichten nimmt uns Alice Munro mit auf eine Reise, die im 17. Jahrhundert in Schottland beginnt und im Kanada von heute endet. Schon beim ersten Blick vom Edinburgh's Castle Rock übers Meer, dorthin, wo Amerika liegen muß, beginnt für den kleinen Andrew Laidlaw das große Lebensabenteuer und vollendet sich in der Reise, die er als Mann endlich antritt, in das gelobte Land seines Vaters. Gekürzte Lesung Spieldauer: 6 Stunden
Вот уже тридцать лет Элис Манро называют лучшим в мире автором коротких рассказов, но к российскому читателю ее книги приходят только теперь, после того, как писательница получила Нобелевскую премию по литературе. Критика постоянно сравнивает Манро с Чеховым, и это сравнение не лишено оснований: подобно русскому писателю, она умеет рассказать историю так, что читатели, даже принадлежащие к совсем другой культуре, узнают в героях самих себя. Сдержанность, демократизм, правдивость, понимание тончайших оттенков женской психологии, способность вызывать душевные потрясения – вот главные приметы стиля великой писательницы.
Edition originale, 1968. Prix du Gouverneur général, la même année. L'auteur est l'un des écrivains canadiens-anglais les plus en vue. Ses quinze nouvelles ont pour cadre de petites villes et la campagne du sud-ouest de l'Ontario, et pour sujet principal le monde profond, cruel et mélancolique de l'enfance. Très accessible. Des textes autobiographiques qui ont cependant "toute l'autorité de la nature humaine" (##The English quarterly##). [SDM].
