Narrativas (RBA Libros): El Amor de Una Mujer Generosa (Paperback)

from Romonko

Alice Munro is definitely the queen of the short story genre, and this book which was a Giller Prize Winner solidifies her position. I really like Ms. Munro's stories. They are about life, love, disappointments, and with a few zingers thrown in that sometimes change the entire direction of the st...

from bluepigeon

Continuing on my short story streak, I picked up Munro after much praise from fellow readers. Certainly, Munro does the short story well, finding ways - fine and subtle ways - to develop her characters. This collection is indeed about the ordinary person, the ordinary Canadian, perhaps, but it is...

from Firewild

As this book is a collection of short stories, it is hard to give this book an overall rating. These four stars are an average between two and five. Some stories left you wondering what was their point at all and feel "undertold", while others have truly touched me. I especially enjoyed descripti...

from archangelsbooks

The Love of a Good Woman is another example of why Alice Munro is one of the most powerful writers working today. The stories in this volume are not feel-good, make you happy kind of stuff. They are small pieces of emotional dynamite. Sometimes the dynamite goes off, when you least expect it; oth...

from SeriousGrace

The first story, "The Love of a Good Woman, starts off with the exploration of the different adolescent reactions to an apparent accidental drowning of the town's ophthalmologist. Three boys, with three very different home lives, struggle with the knowledge of this death. Each of them takes a dif...