Author Alice Munro has published a new collection of short stories, The View from Castle Rock: Stories. Powells has posted a review, written by Deborah Eisenberg. Fans of Ms. Munro will enjoy the stories; those who've not yet made Ms. Munro's acquaintance will be intrigued.
Readers will find the familiar joys of Munro's writing -- the breathtaking accuracy of observation; the apparently casual narrative that turns out to have led inexorably to some inescapable juncture; the disarming directness of expression; the author's ability to captivate us immediately and draw us gradually into strange, intense, lingering states of mind; the flashes of deadpan satire; the penetrating social vision; the inimitable blend of cool scrutiny and profound empathy. But The View From Castle Rock is not only every bit as beautiful and substantial a work as Munro's readers might hope for; it is also a work of dizzying originality. In fact, it creates an entirely new category of book into which only it can fall.
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