This collection of Alice Munro's stories includes pieces from her earliest published work, in 1968, through to her latest, in 1994. Most recently Munro won the 1994 W.H. Smith Award, and was shortlisted for the second time in 1995 for the Irish Times International Fiction Award. Her other work includes }The Beggar Maid{ and }Open Secrets{ This first-ever selection of Alice Munro's stories sums up her genius. Her territory is the secrets that cackle beneath the façade of everyday lives, the pain and promises, loves and fears of apparently ordinary men and women whom she renders extraordinary and unforgettable.
