The Resource Dear life : stories, Alice Munro
Dear life : stories, Alice Munro
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The item Dear life : stories, Alice Munro represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Dear life : stories, Alice Munro represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- Alice Munro illuminates the moment a life is shaped, the moment a dream, or sex, or perhaps a simple twist of fate turns a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real paint a vivid and lasting portrait of how strange, dangerous, and extraordinary the ordinary life can be
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 319 pages
- Note
-
- Originally published: Toronto : McClellan & Stewart Ltd., 2012
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- In sight of the lake
- Dolly
- The
- eye
- Night
- Voices
- Dear life
- To reach Japan
- Amundsen
- Leaving Maverley
- Gravel
- Haven
- Pride
- Corrie
- Train
- Isbn
- 9780307596888
- Label
- Dear life : stories
- Title
- Dear life
- Title remainder
- stories
- Statement of responsibility
- Alice Munro
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Alice Munro illuminates the moment a life is shaped, the moment a dream, or sex, or perhaps a simple twist of fate turns a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real paint a vivid and lasting portrait of how strange, dangerous, and extraordinary the ordinary life can be
- Award
-
- New York Times Notable Book, 2012.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2012.
- Trillium Book Award, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10151384
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1931-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Munro, Alice
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.3.M8
- LC item number
- D43 2012
- Literary form
- short stories
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Life
- Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- stories
- Label
- Dear life : stories, Alice Munro
- Note
-
- Originally published: Toronto : McClellan & Stewart Ltd., 2012
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- In sight of the lake
- Dolly
- The
- eye
- Night
- Voices
- Dear life
- To reach Japan
- Amundsen
- Leaving Maverley
- Gravel
- Haven
- Pride
- Corrie
- Train
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307596888
- Lccn
- 2012020455
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
-
- 778424632
- (OCoLC)778424632
- Label
- Dear life : stories, Alice Munro
- Note
-
- Originally published: Toronto : McClellan & Stewart Ltd., 2012
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- In sight of the lake
- Dolly
- The
- eye
- Night
- Voices
- Dear life
- To reach Japan
- Amundsen
- Leaving Maverley
- Gravel
- Haven
- Pride
- Corrie
- Train
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307596888
- Lccn
- 2012020455
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
-
- 778424632
- (OCoLC)778424632
Subject
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueCanada
- trueFate and fatalism
- Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.) -- Fiction
- trueLake Huron region
- Life -- Fiction
- Short stories
- trueSmall town life
- trueSmall town life -- Canada
Genre
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2012
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2012
- trueTrillium Book Award (Ontario): Trillium Book Award
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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