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In these ten short stories Alice Munro conveys the mysteries at the heart of all human experience with an art and compassion that make FRIEND OF MY YOUTH a genuine literary event.
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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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**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature**
'This is a wonderful collection of stories, beautifully written and deeply felt' New York Times
'This is a wonderful collection of stories, beautifully written and deeply felt' New York Times
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0679729577
- ISBN 13 9780679729570
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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