Escape

Runaway

This book is a representative work by the 2013 Nobel laureate, Alice Munro. It is extremely popular with readers, and the Chinese edition has sold over 700,000 copies! This hardcover collector's edition includes a brilliant, lengthy introductory essay written specifically for the book by Jonathan Franzen, author of *Freedom*. The text has been further revised, and the binding is exquisite and elegant. *Runaway* speaks of the power of love and endless betrayal, of restlessness in mundane life, of missed opportunities, of repeated escapes, and the price people pay for them. Munro focuses on daily life and is adept at capturing the complex and subtle relationships between people. People of different ages and circumstances come alive and feel palpable under Munro's plain and restrained writing. Everyone will always encounter something, or someone, that feels like a deadly needle has pierced a spot in your lung; it might not hurt when you take shallow breaths. But whenever you need to take a deep breath, you can feel that the needle has always been there. Alice Munro, a renowned Canadian female writer, is a contemporary master of the short story. Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1931, she has published 14 collections of short stories to date, winning awards such as the Governor General's Literary Award, the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2009, she received the 3rd Man Booker International Prize. In 2013, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her representative works include *Runaway* and *Dear Life*.

2016-10-01

北京十月文藝出版社

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9787530216224