I ni noveller skildrer Munro mennesker i konflikt mellem tradition og fornyelse, mellem det hjemlige og ubekendte, mellem tryghed og frihed. I titelnovellen bryder den ensom Johanna ud af sin vante hv...
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?Alice Munro er den nordamerikanske skønlitterære samtidsforfatter, som kan gøre krav på at være den bedste ? Væk er noget helt specielt ? Væk er så god at jeg ikke vil snakke om det her. At citere yd...
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Presents a collection of ten stories that convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience; from a woman haunted by her dreams of her dead mother to an adulterous couple stepping ove...
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Presents three stories connected into one narrative about Juliet - who escapes from teaching at a girls' school and throws herself into a wild and passionate love match. This work is about the power a...
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Contains stories about Svengali men, and radical women who outmanoeuvre them, about destructive marriages and curdled friendships, about mothers and sons, and about moments which change or haunt a lif...
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A wife and mother, whose spirit has been crushed, finds release from her extraordinary pain in the most unlikely place. The young victim of a humiliating seduction (which involves reading Housman in t...
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