Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro

A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband's past - and instead discovering unsettling truths about a total stranger.

The ten stories in this collection not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience. (From Penguin Random House Canada)

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Literary legend Alice Munro died on May 13, 2024 at the age of 92. The Canadian writer is revered worldwide as a master of the short story, with 14 acclaimed collections and a Nobel Prize the 13th woman and second Canadian, after Saul Bellows, to ever receive that honour.

Munro's work has won twoScotiabankGiller Prizes, three Governor General's Literary Awards and the Man Booker International Prize. Her first book,Dance of the Happy Shades, was released in 1968, and she continued to write stories, often contributing to The New Yorker, until retiring in 2013. In books likeLives of Girls and Women,The Love of a Good WomanandRunaway, Munro captured the inner lives of men and women in rural Canada. Her work is inspired by her own upbringing inWingham, Ont.

Interviews with Alice Munro

From the archives: Alice Munro

11 years ago

Duration 2:16

Rex Murphy profiled the Nobel Prize for Literature winner back in 1990.

Art of the short story

11 years ago

Duration 3:27

If Nobel Prize winning author Alice Munro mastered the contemporary short story, what can new writers do with the form?

Alice Munro amazed by Nobel win

11 years ago

Duration 2:14

'Not under any illusion that it was the only good book around'

Rewind54:59Nobel prize winner Alice Munro on "Morningside" (Originally aired 1996)

Rewind presents an hour long vintage conversation between Peter Gzowski, long time host of CBC Radio's Morningside, and the brilliant short story writer Alice Munro, who won the Nobel Prize for literature last fall.

Ideas53:59The Lives of Women, Readers and Alice Munro

On a cold, autumn night a group of women gather for their regular book club. Over snacks, wine and tea, they discuss Alice Munro's work, and how her stories illuminate some of the deepest issues in their own lives.

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