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Runaway [Paperback]

Alice Munro (Author)
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Publication Date: 2 Feb 2006

The matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this exquisite collection. Here are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances, their lives made vividly palpable by the nuance and empathy of Munro's writing. Runaway is about the power and betrayals of love, about lost children, lost chances. There is pain and desolation beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart, which makes these stories more powerful and compelling than anything she has written before.

Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009.

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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New Ed edition (2 Feb 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099472252
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099472254
  • Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 56,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Runaway is so good I don't want to talk about it. Quotation can't do the book justice, and neither can synopsis. The way to do it justice is to read it. Read Munro! Read Munro!" (Jonathan Franzen New York Times Book Review )

"Millions of words have been spilt in attempts to tell us exactly what it means to be human. In Runaway, Munro performs that very miracle" (The Times )

"These stories are breathtaking - they leave you winded with their toughness and brilliance" (Helen Simpson Guardian )

"A beautiful, echoing collection, and a demonstration of perfected and unflinching form" (Ali Smith Scotsman )

"It is almost impossible to describe their unforced exactness, their unrushed economy... Munro has a genius for evoking the particular and peculiar atmosphere of relationships, their unspoken pressures and expectations" (Alan Hollinghurst Guardian )

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The bestselling collection by the greatest short story writer in the world and winner of the Man Booker International Prize. (20041129)
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42 of 46 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational 4 Mar 2006
By Pius
Format:Paperback
This is a beautifully written work and a pleasure to read. I had not read Munro before until I laid my hands on this book. That is why I consider this book as a revelation .The stories are heart-touching, full of lessons and inspirational. The characters are rich, vividly drawn and genuine. I must add that the stories are very insightful, and with that comes the boundlessness and timelessness of it all, as they show how small events can change lives, and how different those events appear to us after. Munro's unique portrayal of everyday aspects of life is rare around and the richness of it will make you want to read all of her other books. Most of the stories tell us how the characters that are easy to relate to are changed by events for forever The fact that this book is a series of well written stories that delve into the thoughts and dreams of the characters, thoughts and dreams that we all share, makes RUNAWAY and the other stories a recommended read. It is a superbly written work that takes its time to work its charm on you.THE USURPER AND OTHER STORIES, THE MOONS OF JUPITER, DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE are other good stories to read.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars so good, they're disappointing... 28 July 2009
By LittleMoon TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
I must qualify this review by admitting that I almost never read short stories, finding them the most frustrating of genres. I am aware however, that the genre itself requires great skill and craft to succeed, and Alice Munro obviously has both.

Alice Munro's collection in Runaway is of, arguably, the most frustrating type: the short story that is so good it can only leave you disappointed. Just as you get warm and cosy with the characters, just as you are drawn in and fully engaged, it finishes. The stories are all connected to women's lives and experiences, but not in such a way that male characters are either marginalised or sacrificed. Munro's characterisation is superb, and within a couple of pages the reader will feel her creations stepping from the book and into real life.

Her writing is at once disarmingly simple, and yet very powerful, and even though none of the stories are frightening in the least, I felt myself afraid at times. There's an invisible force, an element of suspense perhaps, that pulls the reader through each story. She really is a most remarkable writer.

A couple of the stories end in a rather vague - slightly surreal - way, that may leave some readers a little puzzled. They were the ones that struck me the most, and that I find myself pondering. Another group of three stories contain the same character, and that was quite comforting whilst they continued, although triply frustrating at the end!

If you enjoy short stories, I can't imagine you not liking this collection.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Munro is breathtaking! 31 Oct 2007
By S. MacKay
Format:Paperback
Just finished Runaway, and now the problem is to find something to read that comes close to the quality of her writing and to the scope of her imagination. I am not a great short story fan, but hers are something else altogether - unmissable!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't get into this...
this was book club read. Some of the ladies in the group did manage to finish it, but I didn't enjoy the first story at all so gave up. Mixed reviews at the book club meeting. Read more
Published 9 days ago by B. A. Pickard
3.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating
Alice Munro is widely recognised for her short story writing, but although these were obviously well written, I felt they lacked in satisfaction. Read more
Published 13 months ago by DubaiReader
4.0 out of 5 stars Stunning
I'm a long-time fan of Alice Munro and this volume doesn't disappoint. The title story is masterful - the book is worth buying for that alone. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Helen Barnes
5.0 out of 5 stars Runaway success
I think that this is one of the best volumes of fiction I've read.

I thought that that was worth a paragraph on its own. Read more
Published 17 months ago by D. J. H. Thorn
3.0 out of 5 stars Wanted more!
I haven't read Munro before and it didn't take long to warm to her writing. My problem was that I didn't realise this was a collection of short stories and the more I read the... Read more
Published on 19 May 2011 by ali1h
1.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly disappointing
I have been working my way through the Man Booker Prizewinners, and was thoroughly enjoying them until I read this book. How it managed to win I'll never know. Read more
Published on 22 April 2010 by Robyn
4.0 out of 5 stars Chance, Soon, Silence
This is a quiet book in which there are few moments of catharsis, yet many moments that resonate and deliver a profound sense of the truth behind fiction of this quality. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2009 by Eileen Shaw
5.0 out of 5 stars Pass it on...
Alice Munro doesnt seem to be especially well known in the UK. However I loved this book, as has everyone else I have passed it onto. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2007 by S. Roberts
2.0 out of 5 stars NOT TOUCHING
I found this book quite boring and superficial.

It is a book very educate, well written but it

flows away and leaves you with almost nothing
Published on 24 Jun 2007 by Lorenzo Robecchi
3.0 out of 5 stars So-so
I did enjoy this book, but I found some of the stories a little strange and also you'll find that some of the short stories follow on from each other (ie. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2006 by KT
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