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Dance of the Happy Shades and Other Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)
Dance of the Happy Shades and Other Stories - Vintage Contemporaries Author:Alice Munro In these fifteen short stories--her eighth collection of short stories in a long and distinguished career--Alice Munro conjures ordinary lives with an extraordinary vision, displaying the remarkable talent for which she is now widely celebrated. Set on farms, by river marshes, in the lonely towns and new suburbs of western Ontario, these tales a... more »re luminous acts of attention to those vivid moments when revelation emerges from the layers of experience that lie behind even the most everyday events and lives.
Walker Brothers cowboy --
The shining houses --
Images --
Thanks for the ride --
The office --
An ounce of cure --
The time of death --
Day of the butterfly --
Boys and girls --
Postcard --
Red dress: 1946 --
Sunday afternoon --
A trip to the coast --
The peace of Utrecht --
Dance of the happy shades
"How does one know when one is in the grip of art--of a major talent?....It is art that speaks from the pages of Alice Munro's stories."--Wall Street Journal« less