 First edition | |
| Author | Alice Munro |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story collection |
| Publisher | McClelland and Stewart |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Dear Life is a short story collection by Canadian writer Alice Munro, published in 2012 by McClelland and Stewart.
The book was to have been promoted in part by a reading at Toronto's International Festival of Authors, although the appearance was cancelled due to health concerns. [1]
Most of the stories collected in Dear Life had previously been published elsewhere. "Amundsen", "Corrie", "Dear Life", "Gravel", "Haven" and "Leaving Maverley" were all originally published in The New Yorker . "Dolly" was first published in Tin House .
Kate Kellaway in The Guardian describes these stories as "concise, subtle and masterly" noting that they have a "subtle, unshowy, covert brilliance". [2]
Ruth Scurr, writing in The Telegraph , points to the autobiographical aspect of the collection and declares the collection to be "a subversive challenge to the idea of autobiography: a purposeful melding of fact fiction and feeling". [3] The reviewer goes on to suggest the collection might be Munro's last, but if so would be a "spectacular" finale.
Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature in October 2013 for the body of work over her lifetime. [4]
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