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A further valedictory collection from Alice Munro

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May 2013, no. 351

Dear Life by Alice Munro

Chatto & Windus, $39.95 hb, 319 pp

A further valedictory collection from Alice Munro

by
May 2013, no. 351

Philip Roth wasn’t the only writer to take the unusual step of announcing his retirement at the end of last year. Confirmation that Alice Munro was also relinquishing fiction was tucked away on the New Yorker’s blog, Page-Turner, three days after the New York Times ran an interview with Roth on its front page. While literary magazines here and overseas continue to publish tributes to Roth, the dearth of comparable pieces on Munro has been conspicuous. Surely it’s not because we don’t think she’s any good. Like rainbows, sleep, and the Beatles, her short stories are things upon which we can all agree.

Melinda Harvey reviews 'Dear Life' by Alice Munro

Dear Life

by Alice Munro

Chatto & Windus, $39.95 hb, 319 pp

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