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Eight stunning stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “a true master of the form” (Salman Rushdie).
“Open Secrets is a book that dazzles with its faith in language and in life.”—The New York Times Book Review
In these eight tales, Alice Munro reveals entire lives with a sureness that is nothing less than breathtaking, capturing those moments in which people shrug off old truths, old selves, and what they only thought was fate.
In Open Secrets, Munro evokes the devastating power of old love suddenly rekindled. She tells of vanished schoolgirls and indentured frontier brides and an eccentric recluse who, in the course of one surpassingly odd dinner party, inadvertently lands herself a wealthy suitor from exotic Australia. And Munro shows us how one woman’s romantic tale of capture and escape in the high Balkans may end up inspiring another woman who is fleeing a husband and a lover in present-day Canada.
The resulting volume resonates with sorrow, humor, and wisdom, and confirms Alice Munro’s reputation as one of the most gifted writers of our time.
“Open Secrets is a book that dazzles with its faith in language and in life.”—The New York Times Book Review
In these eight tales, Alice Munro reveals entire lives with a sureness that is nothing less than breathtaking, capturing those moments in which people shrug off old truths, old selves, and what they only thought was fate.
In Open Secrets, Munro evokes the devastating power of old love suddenly rekindled. She tells of vanished schoolgirls and indentured frontier brides and an eccentric recluse who, in the course of one surpassingly odd dinner party, inadvertently lands herself a wealthy suitor from exotic Australia. And Munro shows us how one woman’s romantic tale of capture and escape in the high Balkans may end up inspiring another woman who is fleeing a husband and a lover in present-day Canada.
The resulting volume resonates with sorrow, humor, and wisdom, and confirms Alice Munro’s reputation as one of the most gifted writers of our time.
Product Details
| Publisher | Vintage |
| Publish Date | November 07, 1995 |
| Pages | 304 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780679755623 |
| Dimensions | 8.0 X 5.2 X 0.6 inches | 0.6 pounds |
About the Author
Alice Munro is the author of thirteen collections of stories—including Dear Life, Runaway, and Too Much Happiness—as well as a novel, Lives of Girls and Women. Among the many awards and prizes she received are three Governor General’s Literary Awards and two Giller Prizes in Canada; the Rea Award; the Lannan Literary Award; the National Book Critics Circle Award; and the International Booker Prize. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Alice Munro died in 2024.
Reviews
Praise for Alice Munro
“Her work felt revolutionary when I came to it, and it still does.”—Jhumpa Lahiri
“One of the great short story writers not just of our time but of any time.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Alice Munro is not only revered, she is cherished.”—The New York Review of Books
“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.”—Lorrie 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
“Her work felt revolutionary when I came to it, and it still does.”—Jhumpa Lahiri
“One of the great short story writers not just of our time but of any time.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Alice Munro is not only revered, she is cherished.”—The New York Review of Books
“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.”—Lorrie 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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