View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (2006, Hardcover)

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First edition, First printing. Like new, pages tight, unread. No marks or writing. Jacket Near Fine. Includes a sealed Limited Edition CD sampler, "a special sneak preview as Kimberly Farr reads a portion of 'Hired Girl.'" Protected by removable archival Brodart cover. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. Sold by a bookseller of thirty-five years with grading experience. Book wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box not in a bag next business day. Offers entertained.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400042828
ISBN-139781400042821
eBay Product ID (ePID)52754460

Product Key Features

Book TitleView from Castle Rock
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Literary
Publication Year2006
GenreFiction
AuthorAlice Munro
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight19.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-045261
ReviewsPraise for "The View From Castle Rock" "BreakÝs¨ every rule ever taught in a writing seminar, setting up a master class along the sidelines . . . Yet it shows, as usual, how to draw gasps from other writers by defying the laws of gravitas as effortlessly as Michael Jordan defied those of gravity." --Pico Iyer, "Newsweek Magazine ""Sublime . . . Late in her career, and late in life, Alice Munro seems unencumbered by the laurels heaped upon her. She continues to charge forward, shining a light on what is most fearsome and true." --Jennifer Haigh, "Chicago Tribune ""In her astonishing new collection, Munro delves into the past . . . Result: a far-ranging, richly symphonic suite of stories that outshines even Munro's earlier masterworks." --Michael Upchruch," The Seattle Times ""Munro is the illusionist whose trick can never be exposed. And that is because there is no smoke, there are no mirrors. Munro really does know magic: how to summon the spirits and the emotions that animate our lives." --Geraldine Brooks, the front page of "The Washington Post Book World"
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Table Of ContentForeword PART ONE / No Advantages No Advantages The View from Castle Rock Illinois The Wilds of Morris Township Working for a Living PART TWO / Home Fathers Lying Under the Apple Tree Hired Girl The Ticket Home What Do You Want to Know For? EPILOGUE Messenger
SynopsisA powerful new collection from one of our most beloved, admired, and honored writers. In stories that are more personal than any that she's written before, Alice Munro pieces her family's history into gloriously imagined fiction. A young boy is taken to Edinburgh's Castle Rock, where his father assures him that on a clear day he can see America, and he catches a glimpse of his father's dream. In stories that follow, as the dream becomes a reality, two sisters-in-law experience very different kinds of passion on the long voyage to the New World; a baby is lost and magically reappears on a journey from an Illinois homestead to the Canadian border. Other stories take place in more familiar Munro territory, the towns and countryside around Lake Huron, where the past shows through the present like the traces of a glacier on the landscape and strong emotions stir just beneath the surface of ordinary comings and goings. First love flowers under the apple tree, while a stronger emotion presents itself in the barn. A girl hired as summer help, and uneasy about her "place" in the fancy resort world she's come to, is transformed by her employer's perceptive parting gift. A father whose early expectations of success at fox farming have been dashed finds strange comfort in a routine night job at an iron foundry. A clever girl escapes to college and marriage. Evocative, gripping, sexy, unexpected-these stories reflect a depth and richness of experience. The View from Castle Rock is a brilliant achievement from one of the finest writers of our time.
LC Classification NumberPR9199.3.M8V54 2006

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