Alice Munro, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma |
| Publication | World Literature Today |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0196-3570 |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Published | 2002-03-22 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Mona Knapp |
| Reviewee | n/a | Alice Munro |
New York. Knopf. 2001. vii + 323 pages $24. ISBN 0-375-41300-6
WITH ONLY A FEW exceptions, the stories in Hateship ... are about aging, dying, death, and chronic illness, yet they share a profoundly life-affirming message and flow with the charm and easy readability one always expects from Alice Munro. Undoubtedly one of the finest short-story writers working in English today, Munro possesses a great talent for unveiling the riveting human dilemmas that lurk just beyond benign appearances and weaving them into tales that speak with immediacy to both the intellect and the...
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