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JBI, can you tell me about this author? I have one of her kindle editions on my wishlist, and seem to recall her from Poets & Writers, when I was, unfortunately, among my own colleagues, as opposed to La Grande Play Pen here.
Seriously, I ask you because you know Canadian Literature, and I am rather tired of Atwood, and would hope my sympathies would find more reward in Munro's direction.
Any words to the wise?
Depends which collection - she is very modern, but has many interesting layers, both metafictionally and thematically, and is also highly ironic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jozanny
Which collection are you thinking of getting?
Generally her stories are good, and Chekhovesque in style, with additional elements, and a distinctly Canadian personality.
She is generally well renowned (rightfully so) and seems I would argue one of the best Short Story authors I have encountered (she comes from a well grounded tradition of women short story authors in Canada) and is rooted in the traditions of, I would argue, Robertson Davies and Margaret Lawrence, in terms of conceptualizing setting and plot.
In truth, I would compare her to a Canadian, small-town oriented (though not provincial), post-modernly informed Katherine Mansfield, though I think she is perhaps a better writer than Mansfield.
I would recommend her as well Joz, though I've only read one of her works. She impressed me quite a bit, and that's saying something as I rarely read contemporary authors (at least until I finish the "classics").
There's a thread around here somewhere about Munro recommendations.
I am not sure how this page will translate, since I am now involved in the Amazon community under my real name, but these are her kindle titles, as well as her author's page. I put "Too Much Happiness" on Wishlist; it seems like my kind of thing, but I am not familiar with Munro-- not as I might have been with other contemporaries.