{"product_id":"the-view-from-castle-rock-paperback","title":"The View from Castle Rock - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Munro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"revelatory\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe)\u003c\/i\u003e, \"exhilarating\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of twelve stories that \"[redraw] the boundaries between fiction and memoir\" (\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), from Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Munro really does know magic: how to summon the spirits and the emotions that animate our lives.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Slate, Rocky Mountain News, New York, The Kanas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young boy, taken to Edinburgh's Castle Rock to look across the sea to America, catches a glimpse of his father's dream. Scottish immigrants experience love and loss on a journey that leads them to rural Ontario. Wives, mothers, fathers, and children move through uncertainty, ambivalence, and contemplation in these stories of hopes, adversity, and wonder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe View from Castle Rock \u003c\/i\u003ereveals what is most essential in Munro's art: her compassionate understanding of ordinary lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Munro\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of thirteen collections of stories--including \u003ci\u003eDear Life, Runaway\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eToo Much Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e--as well as a novel, \u003ci\u003eLives of Girls and Women\u003c\/i\u003e. Among the many awards and prizes she received are three Governor General's Literary Awards and two Giller Prizes in Canada; the Rea Award; the Lannan Literary Award; the National Book Critics Circle Award; and the International Booker Prize. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Alice Munro died in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53598185455923,"sku":"9781400077922","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/0bzvHI7eaH9781400077922.webp?v=1782984083","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-view-from-castle-rock-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}