The View from Castle Rock - Softcover

Munro, Alice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307386651 ISBN 13: 9780307386656

Publisher: Vintage, 2007

Synopsis

In 1818, James Laidlaw left the Edinburgh's Castle Rock and sailed to the new world with his family. This book presents the story of the shepherds from the Ettrick Valley and their descendants who are a Spartan lot, who kept to themselves; showing off was frowned on, and fear was commonplace, at least for females.

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Review:

Praise for "The View From Castle Rock"
" Break[s] every rule ever taught in a writing seminar, setting up a master class along the sidelines . . . Yet it shows, as usual, how to draw gasps from other writers by defying the laws of gravitas as effortlessly as Michael Jordan defied those of gravity." -- Pico Iyer, "Newsweek Magazine
"" Sublime . . . Late in her career, and late in life, Alice Munro seems unencumbered by the laurels heaped upon her. She continues to charge forward, shining a light on what is most fearsome and true." -- Jennifer Haigh, "Chicago Tribune
"" In her astonishing new collection, Munro delves into the past . . . Result: a far-ranging, richly symphonic suite of stories that outshines even Munro' s earlier masterworks."
-- Michael Upchruch," The Seattle Times
"" Munro is the illusionist whose trick can never be exposed. And that is because there is no smoke, there are no mirrors. Munro really does know magic: how to summon the spirits and the emotions that animate our lives." -- Geraldine Brooks, the front page of "The Washington Post Book World"

"From the Hardcover edition."

"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"

"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"
Praise from fellow writers:
"Her work felt revolutionary when I came to it, and it still does." --Jhumpa Lahiri
"She is one of the handful of writers, some living, most dead, whom I have in mind when I say that fiction is my religion." --Jonthan Franzen
"The authority she brings to the page is just lovely." --Elizabeth Strout
"She's the most savage writer I've ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptive." --Jeffery Eugenides
"Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can."--Julian Barnes
"She is a short-story writer who...reimagined what a story can do." --Loorie Moore
"There's probably no one alive who's better at the craft of the short story." --Jim Shepard
"A true master of the form." --Salman Rushdie
"A wonderful writer." --Joyce Carol Oates

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"
Praise from fellow writers:
Her work felt revolutionary when I came to it, and it still does. Jhumpa Lahiri
She is one of the handful of writers, some living, most dead, whom I have in mind when I say that fiction is my religion. Jonthan Franzen
The authority she brings to the page is just lovely. Elizabeth Strout
She s the most savage writer I ve ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptive. Jeffery Eugenides
Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can. Julian Barnes
She is a short-story writer who reimagined what a story can do. Loorie Moore
There s probably no one alive who s better at the craft of the short story. Jim Shepard
A true master of the form. Salman Rushdie
A wonderful writer. Joyce Carol Oates"

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
Praise from fellow writers:
Her work felt revolutionary when I came to it, and it still does. Jhumpa Lahiri
She is one of the handful of writers, some living, most dead, whom I have in mind when I say that fiction is my religion. Jonthan Franzen
The authority she brings to the page is just lovely. Elizabeth Strout
She s the most savage writer I ve ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptive. Jeffery Eugenides
Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can. Julian Barnes
She is a short-story writer who reimagined what a story can do. Loorie Moore
There s probably no one alive who s better at the craft of the short story. Jim Shepard
A true master of the form. Salman Rushdie
A wonderful writer. Joyce Carol Oates

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"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

Praise from fellow writers:

"Her work felt revolutionary when I came to it, and it still does." --Jhumpa Lahiri

"She is one of the handful of writers, some living, most dead, whom I have in mind when I say that fiction is my religion." --Jonthan Franzen

"The authority she brings to the page is just lovely." --Elizabeth Strout

"She's the most savage writer I've ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptive." --Jeffery Eugenides

"Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can."--Julian Barnes

"She is a short-story writer who...reimagined what a story can do." --Loorie Moore

"There's probably no one alive who's better at the craft of the short story." --Jim Shepard

"A true master of the form." --Salman Rushdie

"A wonderful writer." --Joyce Carol Oates

About the Author:

Alice Munro grew up in Wingham, Ontario, and attended the University of Western Ontario. She has published thirteen collections of stories as well as a novel, Lives of Girls and Women, and two volumes of Selected Stories. During her distinguished career she has been the recipient of many awards and prizes, including three of Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards and two of its Giller Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Lannan Literary Award, England’s W. H. Smith Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Man Booker International Prize. In 2013 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, Granta, and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. She lives in Clinton, Ontario, near Lake Huron.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0307386651
• ISBN 13: 9780307386656
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 368