Author:Alice Munro
Set in her native southwest Ontario, they include 'Royal Beatings', in which a young girl, her father and her stepmother release the tension of their circumstances in a ritual of punishment and reconciliation; 'Friend of My Youth', in which a woman comes to understand that her difficult mother is not so very different from herself; and 'The Love of a Good Woman', in which, when an old crime resurfaces, a woman has to choose whether to believe in the man she intends to marry.
Like the World War I soldier of the title story, whose letters from the front to a small-town librarian he doesn't know change her life for ever, Munro's unassuming characters take permanent hold of our imaginations. Her incomparable empathy for the people she writes about, the depth of her understanding of human nature, and the grace and surprise of her narrative add up to a richly layered and capacious fiction.
Enthusiasm and intelligence: these are the essential qualities of the critic. Calvino, himself a novelist of rare quality, possessed both generously. This is a book to read for itself, and also because it will send you back to other books to read, either again in a new way, or for the first time... Superb
—— Daily TelegraphThis volume itself is a classic book at bedtime, a seductive invitation to forgotten opportunities or rereading
—— The TimesA master’s guidance on everything from the ancient Greeks to Ernest Hemingway, proving that “a classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” This timeless description applies to Calvino’s own books too
—— John SelfA collection of stories it would be hard to forget
—— Peter Kemp , Sunday TimesGalloway's ear for dialogue is astonishing, almost musical
—— Olivia Laing , The ObserverScottish writer Janie Galloway has a reputation for going where more polite writers fear to tread..this includes some of the author's most distinctive work...this original collection will wake up the most jaded palate.
—— Emma Hagestadt , The IndependentGalloway can evoke a life, a relationship, just about the whole human condition, within ten brilliantly written pages
—— Daily MailAffectingly raw and full of surprises
—— Ophelia Field , Sunday TelegraphSpikey, bleak stories you won't forget ... poignant stories, all of which stand immediate rereading
—— William Leith , ScotsmanHer stories are suggestively musical examples of rich, Glaswegian gothic
—— Alfred Hickling , GuardianAt last, Galloway's stories are back in print in one collection...savagely accurate, engaging and funny, she is one of our great contemporary writers
—— Independent on SundayA testament to the sharp eye and shrewd brain of Janice Galloway, one of Scotland's finest writers
—— The HeraldA writer of passion and virtuosity
—— Scotland on Sunday
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