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To read these stories about a traveling salesman and his children on an impromptu journey. Winner of the 20 nobel prize in literature spanning almost thirty years and settings that range from big cities to sma. In this world premiere, well perform two of alices short stories, word for word, in a. Alice munro reads friend of my youth from her 1990 collection, friend of my youth. Alice munro author winner of the nobel prize in literature alice munro was born in 1931 and is the author of thirteen collections of stories, most recently dear life, and a novel, lives of girls and women. During her distinguished career she has been the recipient of many. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 688 pages and is available in paperback format. From short accounts of singular events to the sprawling history of a life or love affair, alice munro. Selected stories of alice munro paperback jan 6 1998. Pigeon feathers, the longest story included, tells of. Books contributed by the staff of internet archive canada. In her selected stories, alice munro makes lives that seem small unfold until they are revealed to be as spacious as prairies and locates the moments of love and betrayal, desire and forgiveness, that change those lives forever. Certainly a story like the progress of love, in this volumea rich, poignantly ironic delineation of the selectivity of memoryis proof enough that munro.