Friend of My Youth
Author: Munro, Alice
ISBN: 9780099820604
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 10 Jan 1997
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
2021 sees all of Alice Munro's backlist reissued in a new, modern look. These editions will appeal to a broad range of literary readers
Read Alice Munro's dark and powerful exploration of the human heart in this ten-story collection.
'Brilliant at evoking life's diversity and unpredictability...an unrivalled chronicler of human nature under a vast span of aspects, moods, and pressures' Sunday Times
A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends, and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband's past - and instead, discovering unsettling truths about a total stranger. The ten stories in this collection not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience.
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009
ISBN: 9780099820604
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 10 Jan 1997
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
2021 sees all of Alice Munro's backlist reissued in a new, modern look. These editions will appeal to a broad range of literary readers
Read Alice Munro's dark and powerful exploration of the human heart in this ten-story collection.
'Brilliant at evoking life's diversity and unpredictability...an unrivalled chronicler of human nature under a vast span of aspects, moods, and pressures' Sunday Times
A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends, and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband's past - and instead, discovering unsettling truths about a total stranger. The ten stories in this collection not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience.
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009
