These need to be revisited and savoured - something I plan to do.Īlright, so I haven't read the whole book but unfortunately after a handful of stories I mostly had to force myself to start (the reading and finishing was no problem for most - she's a great writer), I need to mark this as read and move on I miss my novels! Munro's stories are not of the kind to be read and done away with. Though I loved all the stories in this book, my favourite would be "My Mother's Dream", "The Bear Came Over the Mountain", all the stories in Runaway - "Chance", "Soon" and "Silence". This collection of stories is once again a masterpiece from Munro. Or in case if I don't have any one to associate, I would just stop and contemplate what I am reading just for a while. Whenever I am reading any of her stories, there are moments when I close the book and reflect upon my life or the lives of people I know or have known. That is how her writing is - powerful and close to life. And I would have failed to understand how beautifully she writes but at the same time she hits you with reality in a subtle way. But, then I realise that perhaps it is good that I discovered this author now as my younger self would not have appreciated or even understood her narration. Whenever I read Munro's stories, I cannot help but think that I should have read her books earlier.
I don't seem to get enough of Munro's writing (same for Margaret Atwood). My second book from Alice Munro this year.
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