Short stories, therefore a challenge. I was new to Munro but when she won this year's Nobel prize for literature, I felt I must read her. This is her latest volume: vignettes of small-time life in rural Canada. Each like a novel pared down and down leaving not much more than the skeletal remains. Read once to get the gist, then read again slowly to decipher their meaning. Like fine wine or malted whisky!
(Jenny Baker - bwl 71 Winter 2014 ) |
