The View from Castle Rock -- Alice Munro

<p><b>WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE(R) IN LITERATURE 2013</b> <p/>Alice Munro mines her rich family background, melding it with her own experiences and the transforming power of her brilliant imagination, to create perhaps her most powerful and personal collection yet.</p><p> </p><p>A young boy, taken to Edinburgh's Castle Rock to look across the sea to America, catches a glimpse of his father's dream. Scottish immigrants experience love and loss on a journey that leads them to rural Ontario. Wives, mothers, fathers, and children move through uncertainty, ambivalence, and contemplation in these stories of hopes, adversity, and wonder. <i>The View from Castle Rock</i> reveals what is most essential in Munro's art: her compassionate understanding of ordinary lives.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Alice Munro<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 01/08/2008<br><b>Pages:</b> 368<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.80d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781400077922<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times Book Review</i> 02/03/2008 pg. 28<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p>Alice Munro grew up in Wingham, Ontario, and attended the University of Western Ontario. She has published thirteen collections of stories as well as a novel, <i>Lives of Girls and Women, </i>and two volumes of <i>Selected Stories.</i> During her distinguished career she has been the recipient of many awards and prizes, including three of Canada's Gover