Moons of Jupiter

from steve02476

Beautifully written short stories. I like that they're in Canada not the US, although I think there isn't that much difference in the stories. I very much like Munro's perspective in time, she writes a lot about youngish people but she brings the perspective of someone approaching maturity. I thi...

from bibleblaster

Many times, I will dip into a short story collection, read a few, and set it aside. I read straight through this one. Munro is brilliant at capturing the fleeting emotion; the thoughts percolating under everyday life; the growth, quirks, and fall of relationships...I am tempted to quote some bril...

from RealLifeReading

Alice Munro - always brilliant

from OccassionalRead

This particular set of short stories by Alice Munro coheres to some extent thematically in their focus on women of all ages and their romantic entanglements with men. Many of the men appear to be jerks but love is blind and irrational so that hardly matters. Munro paints the usual vivid exterior ...

from OccassionalRead

This particular set of short stories by Alice Munro coheres to some extent thematically in their focus on women of all ages and their romantic entanglements with men. Many of the men appear to be jerks but love is blind and irrational so that hardly matters. Munro paints the usual vivid exterior ...