{"product_id":"dance-of-the-happy-shades-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Munro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE\u003cb\u003e(R)\u003c\/b\u003e IN LITERATURE 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these fifteen short stories--her eighth collection of short stories in a long and distinguished career--Alice Munro conjures ordinary lives with an extraordinary vision, displaying the remarkable talent for which she is now widely celebrated. Set on farms, by river marshes, in the lonely towns and new suburbs of western Ontario, these tales are luminous acts of attention to those vivid moments when revelation emerges from the layers of experience that lie behind even the most everyday events and lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Virtuosity, elemental command, incisive like a diamond, remarkable: all these descriptions fit Alice Munro.\"--\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"How does one know when one is in the grip of art--of a major talent?....It is art that speaks from the pages of Alice Munro's stories.\"--\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these fifteen short stories--her eighth collection of short stories in a long and distinguished career--Alice Munro conjures ordinary lives with an extraordinary vision, displaying the remarkable talent for which she is now widely celebrated. Set on farms, by river marshes, in the lonely towns and new suburbs of western Ontario, these tales are luminous acts of attention to those vivid moments when revelation emerges from the layers of experience that lie behind even the most everyday events and lives. \u003cbr\u003e\"Virtuosity, elemental command, incisive like a diamond, remarkable: all these descriptions fit Alice Munro.\"--\"Christian Science Monitor \u003cbr\u003e\"How does one know when one is in the grip of art--of a major talent?....It is art that speaks from the pages of Alice Munro's stories.\"--\"Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Munro grew up in Wingham, Ontario, and attended the University of Western Ontario. She has published thirteen collections of stories as well as a novel, \u003ci\u003eLives of Girls and Women, \u003c\/i\u003eand two volumes of \u003ci\u003eSelected Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e During her distinguished career she has been the recipient of many awards and prizes, including three of Canada's Governor General's Literary Awards and two of its Giller Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Lannan Literary Award, England's W. H. Smith Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Man Booker International Prize. In 2013 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, Granta, \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. She lives in Clinton, Ontario, near Lake Huron. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.02 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45815282335941,"sku":"9780679781516","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/VXVET2xodGtTaDhYTWVodGtNN1QwZz09.webp?v=1771019448","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/dance-of-the-happy-shades-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}