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Dance of the Happy Shades

Annie Proulx, Alice Munro

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Dance of the Happy Shades

by Annie Proulx, Alice Munro
Dance of the Happy Shades - Thryft
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Quiet lives, startling emotions, unforgettable human truths

If you enjoy subtle stories with emotional depth, Munro’s debut is deeply rewarding. Her small-town Ontario characters reveal private wounds beneath ordinary routines. Each story transforms a quiet moment into something piercing and universal.

  • Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for Fiction (1974)
  • Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Fiction (1968)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Dance of the Happy Shades

by Annie Proulx, Alice Munro
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ISBN: 9780143051435
Authors: Annie Proulx, Alice Munro
Publisher: Penguin
Date of Publication: 2005-06-09
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.09
(rated by 4039 readers)

Description

In the stories that make up Dance of the Happy Shades, the deceptive calm of small-town life is brought memorably to the page, revealing the countryside of Southwestern Ontario to be home to as many small sufferings and unanticipated emotions as any place. This is the book that earned Alice Munro a devoted readership and established her as one of Canada's most beloved writers.Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, Dance of the Happy Shades is Alice Munro's first short story collection.Contents:Walker Brothers cowboy --The shining houses --Images --Thanks for the ride --The office --An ounce of cure --The time of death --Days of the butterfly --Boys and girls --Postcard --Red dress: 1946 --Sunday afternoon --A trip to the coast --The peace of Utrecht --Dance of the happy shades.With an introduction by Annie Proulx.
 

Quiet lives, startling emotions, unforgettable human truths

If you enjoy subtle stories with emotional depth, Munro’s debut is deeply rewarding. Her small-town Ontario characters reveal private wounds beneath ordinary routines. Each story transforms a quiet moment into something piercing and universal.

  • Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for Fiction (1974)
  • Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Fiction (1968)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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