Imprint: Vintage
Published: 01/07/2021
ISBN: 9781529115451
Length: 272 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 130mm
Weight: 193g
RRP: £9.99
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK**
Previously published as 'The Beggar Maid', 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.
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.
'A work of great brilliance and depth... almost Proustian in its sureness' New Statesman
Imprint: Vintage
Published: 01/07/2021
ISBN: 9781529115451
Length: 272 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 130mm
Weight: 193g
RRP: £9.99
The stories are absolutely wonderful...every word she writes is interesting
She has a touch of genius
The best stories of the year
A work of great brilliance and depth- Munro's power of analysis, of sensations and thoughts, is almost Proustian in its sureness
Alice Munro captures a kaleidoscope of lights and depths-she manages to reproduce the vibrant practice of life while scrutinizing the workings of her own narrative art-an exhilarating collection