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The View from Castle Rock

By Alice Munro

By Alice Munro

By Alice Munro

By Alice Munro

By Alice Munro
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By Alice Munro
Read by Kimberly Farr

By Alice Munro
Read by Kimberly Farr

By Alice Munro
Read by Kimberly Farr

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Paperback $16.95

Jan 08, 2008 | ISBN 9781400077922

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Nov 07, 2006 | ISBN 9780307266026

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Nov 07, 2006 | 707 Minutes

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    About The View from Castle Rock

    A “revelatory” (The Boston Globe), “exhilarating” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of twelve stories that “[redraw] the boundaries between fiction and memoir” (O: The Oprah Magazine), from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro
     
    “Munro really does know magic: how to summon the spirits and the emotions that animate our lives.”—The Washington Post Book World

    A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Slate, Rocky Mountain News, New York, The Kanas City Star
     
    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.

    About The View from Castle Rock

    A “revelatory” (The Boston Globe), “exhilarating” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of twelve stories that “[redraw] the boundaries between fiction and memoir” (O: The Oprah Magazine), from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro
     
    “Munro really does know magic: how to summon the spirits and the emotions that animate our lives.”—The Washington Post Book World

    A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Slate, Rocky Mountain News, New York, The Kanas City Star
     
    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.

    About The View from Castle Rock

    In stories that are more personal than any that she has written before, Alice Munro pieces her family history into gloriously imagined fiction.

    A young boy is taken to Edinburgh Castle Rock, where his father assures him that on a clear day he can see America, and he catches a glimpse of his father’s dream. In stories that follow, as the dream becomes a reality, two sisters-in-law experience very different kinds of passion on the long voyage to the New World. Other stories take place in more familiar Munro territory, the towns and countryside around Lake Huron, where the past shows through the present like the traces of a glacier on the landscape, and strong emotions stir just beneath the surface of ordinary comings and goings.

    Evocative, gripping, sexy, unexpected–these stories reflect a depth and richness of experience. The View from Castle Rock is a brilliant achievement from one of the finest writers of our time.

    About The View from Castle Rock

    In stories that are more personal than any that she has written before, Alice Munro pieces her family history into gloriously imagined fiction.

    A young boy is taken to Edinburgh Castle Rock, where his father assures him that on a clear day he can see America, and he catches a glimpse of his father’s dream. In stories that follow, as the dream becomes a reality, two sisters-in-law experience very different kinds of passion on the long voyage to the New World. Other stories take place in more familiar Munro territory, the towns and countryside around Lake Huron, where the past shows through the present like the traces of a glacier on the landscape, and strong emotions stir just beneath the surface of ordinary comings and goings.

    Evocative, gripping, sexy, unexpected–these stories reflect a depth and richness of experience. The View from Castle Rock is a brilliant achievement from one of the finest writers of our time.

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    About Alice Munro

    ALICE MUNRO grew up in Wingham, Ontario and attended the University of Western Ontario (now Western University), studying journalism and English. Her first collection of stories was published in 1968 as Dance of the Happy Shades, which garnered much acclaim… More about Alice Munro

    About Alice Munro

    ALICE MUNRO grew up in Wingham, Ontario and attended the University of Western Ontario (now Western University), studying journalism and English. Her first collection of stories was published in 1968 as Dance of the Happy Shades, which garnered much acclaim… More about Alice Munro

    About Alice Munro

    ALICE MUNRO grew up in Wingham, Ontario and attended the University of Western Ontario (now Western University), studying journalism and English. Her first collection of stories was published in 1968 as Dance of the Happy Shades, which garnered much acclaim… More about Alice Munro

    About Alice Munro

    ALICE MUNRO grew up in Wingham, Ontario and attended the University of Western Ontario (now Western University), studying journalism and English. Her first collection of stories was published in 1968 as Dance of the Happy Shades, which garnered much acclaim… More about Alice Munro

    Product Details

    Category: Short Stories | Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 08, 2008 | 368 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781400077922

    Category: Short Stories | Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Nov 07, 2006 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9780307266026

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Nov 07, 2006 | 707 Minutes | ISBN 9781415932698

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Nov 07, 2006 | 382 Minutes | ISBN 9780739339824

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    Praise

    “Masterful . . . Munro really does know magic: how to summon the spirits and the emotions that animate our lives.”—The Washington Post Book World

    “Fascinating . . . Munro’s powers are at their peak. . . . She continues to charge forward, shining a light on what is most fearsome and true.”—Chicago Tribune

    “Exhilarating . . . [Munro’s] ability to travel into the minds and feelings of people long dead is uncanny.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Revelatory . . . A work of aching authenticity.”—The Boston Globe

    Awards

    Man Booker International Prize WINNER 2009

    Nobel Prize WINNER 2013

    Table Of Contents

    Foreword

    Part One / No Advantages
    No Advantages
    The View from Castle Rock
    Illinois
    The Wilds of Morris Township
    Working for a Living

    Part Two / Home
    Fathers
    Lying Under the Apple Tree
    Hired Girl
    The Ticket
    Home
    What Do You Want to Know For?

    Epilogue
    Messenger

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