The Fiction of Alice Munro

This title offers a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of Alice Munro's fiction. As a short-story writer, Alice Munro has achieved high critical and popular regard in both her native Canada and worldwide. Indeed, she has been adopted by the entire English-speaking world as one of its own, and her work has received many awards and honours. Here, the author offers a guide through Alice Munro's fiction, work by work, discussing the themes, forms, techniques, and styles that she employs to make her work come alive.Alice Munro has "founded" her own brand of the short story: longer than traditionally practiced in the short-story form and encompassing broader time frames. Her stories are primarily character studies that explore the impact of physical and mental isolation, in adolescence, middle age, and into elder years. The author traces Alice Munro's evolving definition of the short story form and surveys the fiction in an effort to elucidate the works for newcomers and enthusiasts alike.