Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro (English) Paperback Book

Description: Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro The only novel from bestselling author Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureCatching frogs, grazing knees, singing songs to save England from Hitler - that was childhood for Del Jordan, and now shes impatient for more. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Moving, ribald and semi-autobiographical, Lives of Girls and Women is the only novel from Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureSuperb IndependentExact and unflinching GuardianCatching frogs, grazing knees, singing songs to save England from Hitler - that was childhood for Del Jordan, and now shes impatient for more.More than she can find in the encyclopaedias sold by her mother, or in the half-understood innuendos dispensed by best friend Naomi, or in the whispers of boys during Friday night dances.Just like the girls in the movies, she wants to get started on real life.In her only novel, Alice Munro turns her eye to the frustrations, embarrassments, glee and bewilderment of adolescence, and to the brushes with sex, death, violence and birth that shape the lives of girls and women.In Munros work, nothing can be predicted. Emotions erupt. Preconceptions crumble. Surprises proliferate Margaret Atwoo Notes First published in 1971, this is the only novel from the Canadian author Alice Munro, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. It follows the adolescence of Del Jordan, and her brushes with sex, death, violence and birth. Munro is so good that one gropes for superlatives Daily Telegraph Author Biography Alice Munro was born in 1931 and was the author of thirteen collections of stories and the novel, Lives of Girls and Women. She received many awards and prizes, including three of Canadas Governor Generals Literary Awards and two Giller Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Lannan Literary Award, the WHSmith Book Award in the UK, the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Who Do You Think You Are? (previously published as The Beggar Maid), and was awarded the Man Booker International Prize 2009 for her overall contribution to fiction on the world stage, and in 2013 she won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. Alice Munro died in 2024. Review I still feel that Alice Munro is mine. I am the perfect audience for her brand of quiet, seething feminism -- Lena DunhamMunro is so good that one gropes for superlatives * Daily Telegraph *Superb. Its dense weave of colour and texture offers manifold witty surprises and the poetry of place that is the hallmark of Munros stories -- Steve Davies * Independent *In Munros work, nothing can be predicted. Emotions erupt. Preconceptions crumble. Surprises proliferate -- Margaret AtwoodHer prose is exact and unflinching, coolly anatomising vengeful grudges, dark crimes and curdled emotions * Guardian *The Nobel laureates mastery of the miniature is clear in this early portrait of small-town life -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *She is one of the handful of writers, some living, most dead, whom I have in mind when I say that fiction is my religion -- Jonathan FranzenShe knows us better than we know ourselves. She always has * Washington Times *Reading Munros cut-crystal prose is unadulterated pleasure * Daily Telegraph *A compelling portrait of the artist as a young girl -- Maggie Doherty * The Times Literary Supplement * Promotional Moving, ribald and semi-autobiographical, Lives of Girls and Women is the only novel from Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Review Text I still feel that Alice Munro is mine. I am the perfect audience for her brand of quiet, seething feminism Review Quote I still feel that Alice Munro is mine. I am the perfect audience for her brand of quiet, seething feminism Promotional "Headline" Moving, ribald and semi-autobiographical, Lives of Girls and Women is the only novel from Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Details ISBN1784700886 Author Alice Munro Year 2015 ISBN-10 1784700886 ISBN-13 9781784700881 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Media Book Pages 336 Publisher Vintage Publishing Language English UK Release Date 2015-03-05 Publication Date 2015-03-05 AU Release Date 2015-03-05 NZ Release Date 2015-03-05 Birth 19710116 Affiliation Dean Sluyter Position Owner Alternative 9781473521469 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:86791299;

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