Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories

ISBN: 067978151X

Author: Munro, Alice

Condition: New

Fifteen stunning short stories from Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro, a true master of the form (Salman Rushdie).How does one know when one is in the grip of art-of a major talent? . . . It is art that speaks from the pages of Alice Munros stories.-The Wall Street JournalA young girl gets an unexpected glimpse into her fathers past when she realizes the sales call theyve made one summer afternoon during the Great Depression is to his old sweetheart. A married woman, returning home after the death of her invalid mother, tries to release the sister whod stayed behind as their mothers caretaker. The audience at a childrens piano recital receives a surprising lesson in the power of art to transform when a not-quite-right student performs with unexpected musicality and a spirit of joy.In Dance of the Happy Shades, Alice Munro conjures ordinary lives with an extraordinary vision, displaying the remarkable talent for which she is now widely celebrated. Set on farms, by river marshes, in the lonely towns and new suburbs of western Ontario, these tales are luminous acts of attention to those vivid moments when revelation emerges from the layers of experience that lie behind even the most everyday events and lives.