Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Previously published as 'The Beggar Maid' Born into the back streets of a small Canadian town, Rose battled incessantly with her practical and shrewd stepmother, Flo, who cowed her with tales of her own past and warnings of the dangerous world outside.
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Who Do You Think You Are? by Alice Munro
**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK** Previously published as 'The Beggar Maid', Alice Munro's wonderful collection of stories reads like a novel, following Rose's life as she moves away from her impoverished roots and forges her own path in the world. Born into the back streets of a small Canadian town, Rose battled incessantly with her practical and shrewd stepmother, Flo, who cowed her with tales of her own past and warnings of the dangerous world outside. But Rose was ambitious - she won a scholarship and left for Toronto where she married Patrick. She was his Beggar Maid, 'meek and voluptuous, with her shy white feet', and he was her knight, content to sit and adore her. 'A work of great brilliance and depth... almost Proustian in its sureness' New Statesman Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009
The stories are absolutely wonderful..every word she writes is interesting -- Alice Adams
She has a touch of genius * Mail on Sunday *
The best stories of the year * The Nation *
A work of great brilliance and depth- Munro's power of analysis, of sensations and thoughts, is almost Proustian in its sureness * New Statesman *
Alice Munro captures a kaleidoscope of lights and depths-she manages to reproduce the vibrant practice of life while scrutinizing the workings of her own narrative art-an exhilarating collection * New York Times *
She has a touch of genius * Mail on Sunday *
The best stories of the year * The Nation *
A work of great brilliance and depth- Munro's power of analysis, of sensations and thoughts, is almost Proustian in its sureness * New Statesman *
Alice Munro captures a kaleidoscope of lights and depths-she manages to reproduce the vibrant practice of life while scrutinizing the workings of her own narrative art-an exhilarating collection * New York Times *
Alice Munro was born in 1931 and was the author of thirteen collections of stories and the novel, Lives of Girls and Women. She received many awards and prizes, including three of Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards and two Giller Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Lannan Literary Award, the WHSmith Book Award in the UK, the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Who Do You Think You Are? (previously published as The Beggar Maid), and was awarded the Man Booker International Prize 2009 for her overall contribution to fiction on the world stage, and in 2013 she won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. Alice Munro died in 2024.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529115451 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529115450 |
| Title | Who Do You Think You Are? |
| Author | Alice Munro |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2021-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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