"One of the foremost contemporary practitioners of the short story."–Michiko Kakutani,
The New York Times "Alice Munro is a born teller of tales."–
The Washington Post "Throughout this remarkable collection moments of insight flash from the pages like lightning, not necessarily providing answers–more likely showing the way to new questions."–
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Praise from fellow writers:
"Her work felt revolutionary when I came to it, and it still does." –Jhumpa Lahiri
"She is one of the handful of writers, some living, most dead, whom I have in mind when I say that fiction is my religion." –Jonthan Franzen
"The authority she brings to the page is just lovely." –Elizabeth Strout
"She's the most savage writer I've ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptive." –Jeffery Eugenides
"Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can."–Julian Barnes
"She is a short-story writer who...reimagined what a story can do." –Loorie Moore
"There's probably no one alive who's better at the craft of the short story." –Jim Shepard
"A true master of the form." –Salman Rushdie
"A wonderful writer." –Joyce Carol Oates
