The Progress of Love (King Penguin) - Softcover

Munro, Alice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140105530 ISBN 13: 9780140105537

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1987

Synopsis

This collection of eleven stories includes "Miles City, Montana," "White Dump," "Monsieur les Deux Chapeaux," and "Fame"

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Alice Munro, who received the National Book Critics Circle Award for her latest collection of stories, The Love of a Good Woman, is widely acknowledged as a modern master of the short story. In this earlier collection, she demonstrates all of those strengths that have won her so many literary accolades.

A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents' confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes the fragility of the trust between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his younger brother. In these and other stories Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author:

Alice Munro’s fame abroad is matched by the admiration she enjoys in Canada, where she has won the Governor General’s Award three times. Awards for her past collections include the W.H. Smith Prize in the U.K.; the National Book Circle Critics Award in the U.S.; the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction; the Rea Award for the Short Story; the Giller Prize, the Trillium Prize and the Libris Award. She lives in Ontario and British Columbia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0140105530
• ISBN 13: 9780140105537
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320