{"product_id":"carried-away-a-personal-selection-of-stories-introduction-by-margaret-atwood-9780307264862","title":"Carried Away: A Personal Selection of Stories; Introduction by Margaret Atwood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE(R) IN LITERATURE 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarried Away\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling selection of stories-seventeen favorites chosen by the author from across her distinguished career. With an Introduction by Margaret Atwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Munro has been repeatedly hailed as one of our greatest living writers, a reputation that has been growing for years. The stories brought together here span a quarter century, drawn from some of her earliest books, \u003ci\u003eThe Beggar Maid \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Moons of Jupiter, \u003c\/i\u003e through her recent best-selling collection, \u003ci\u003eRunaway. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are such favorites as \"Royal Beatings\" in which a young girl, her father, and stepmother release the tension of their circumstances in a ritual of punishment and reconciliation; \"Friend of My Youth\" in which a woman comes to understand that her difficult mother is not so very different from herself; and \"The Albanian Virgin,\" a romantic tale of capture and escape in Central Europe that may or may not be true but that nevertheless comforts the hearer, who is on a desperate adventure of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMunro's incomparable empathy for her characters, the depth of her understanding of human nature, and the grace and surprise of her narrative add up to a richly layered and capacious fiction. Like the World War I soldier in the title story, whose letters from the front to a small-town librarian he doesn't know change her life forever, Munro's unassuming characters insinuate themselves in our hearts and take permanent hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307264862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.32w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/21\/2006 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/10\/2006 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/06\/2007 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/25\/2013 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alice Munro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096036671669,"sku":"9780307264862","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e0900a27-0608-4780-80b0-86834dff9151.jpg?v=1692801173","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/carried-away-a-personal-selection-of-stories-introduction-by-margaret-atwood-9780307264862","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}