 First edition | |
| Author | Alice Munro |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story collection |
| Publisher | McClelland and Stewart |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 978-0143180661 |
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 .
According to Book Marks , the book received a "rave" consensus, based on eighteen critic reviews: eighteen "rave". [2] On The Omnivore, a British aggregator of press reviews, the book received an "omniscore" of 3.5 out of 5. [3] [4] [5] In the January/February 2013 issue of Bookmarks , the book received four out of five stars. The magazine's critical summary reads: "Critics compare Alice Munro favorably to Tom Wolfe, William Trevor, and Anton Chekhov--but also agree that she stands in a class of her own". [6] [7]
Kate Kellaway in The Guardian describes these stories as "concise, subtle and masterly" noting that they have a "subtle, unshowy, covert brilliance". [8]
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". [9] 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. [10]
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