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   Runaway is a book of short stories by Alice Munro. First published in 2004 by McClelland and Stewart, it was awarded that year's Giller Prize and Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. [1]

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3. www.thoughtco.com › closer-look-at-alice-munrosA Closer Look at Alice Munro's 'Runaway' - ThoughtCo

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   • Multiple Runaways
   • Parallels Between Goat and Girl
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   Runaway people, animals, and emotions abound in the story. The wife, Carla, is twice a runaway. When she was 18 and college-bound, she ran off to marry her husband, Clark, against her parents' wishes and has been estranged from them since. And now, getting on a bus to Toronto, she runs away a second time—this time from Clark. Carla's beloved white ...

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   Munro describes the goat's behavior in ways that mirror Carla's relationship with Clark. She writes: When Carla first left home, she behaved much in the starry-eyed manner of the goat. She was filled with "giddy delight" in her pursuit of a "more authentic kind of life" with Clark. She was impressed by his good looks, his colorful employment histor...

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   Though Clark is clearly presented as a murderous, stultifying force, the story also places some of the responsibility for Carla's situation on Carla herself. Consider the way Flora allows Clark to pet her, even though he may have been responsible for her original disappearance and is probably about to kill her. When Sylvia tries to pet her, Flora p...

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   On first reading, you might expect that just as the goat shifted alliances from Clark to Carla, Carla, too, might have changed alliances, believing more in herself and less in Clark. It's certainly what Sylvia Jamieson believes. And it's what common sense would dictate, given the way Clark treats Carla. But Carla defines herself entirely in terms o...

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4. whatcathyreadnext.co.uk › 2017/02/27 › book-reviewBook Review: Runaway by Alice Munro – What Cathy Read Next…

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   Feb 27, 2017 · Well-crafted short stories about love, guilt and betrayal. About the Book. Synopsis (courtesy of Goodreads): Alice Munro’s bestselling and rapturously acclaimed Runaway is a book of extraordinary stories about love and its infinite betrayals and surprises, from the title story about a young woman who, though she thinks she wants to, is ...

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6. www.goodreads.com › book › showRunaway: Stories by Alice Munro | Goodreads

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   Jan 1, 2004 · The incomparable Alice Munro’s bestselling and rapturously acclaimed Runaway is a book of extraordinary stories about love and its infinite betrayals and surprises, from the title story about a young woman who, though she thinks she wants to, is incapable of leaving her husband, to three stories about a woman named Juliet and the emotions ...

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   Runaway: Stories Hardcover – 26 Oct. 2004. by Alice Munro (Author) 4.0 1,362 ratings. See all formats and editions. In Alice Munro’s superb new collection, we find stories about women of all ages and circumstances, their lives made palpable by the subtlety and empathy of this incomparable writer.

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   Oct 4, 2005 · Runaway. Alice Munro. Penguin Canada, Oct 4, 2005 - Fiction - 352 pages. The incomparable Alice Munro's bestselling and rapturously acclaimed Runaway is a book of extraordinary...

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   How many stories are in Runaway by Alice Munro?

   • Runaway: Stories, Alice MunroRunaway is a book of short stories by Alice Munro. First published in 2004 by McClelland and Stewart, it was awarded that year's Giller Prize and Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.There are eight short stories in the book.

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   What are some good short stories by Alice Munro?

   • Runaway is another wonderful collection of short stories from the masterful Alice Munro. This is the second book of hers that I've read and I'm starting to see a common theme emerge. The protagonists are usually women, and the stories usually revolve around a crucial moment in their lives.

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   Is Alice Munro a good book?

   • I began reading Alice Munro by her collection "The Love of a Good Woman", then "Open Secrets", "Too Much Happiness", "Hateship, Friendship", "Dear Life", "The View on Castle Rock" and now this. All are masterpieces in their own right. She is a perfect storyteller and forces you to savor each word and each plot, freshly imagined and fleshed out.

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   Is runaway a good book?

   • That's the Alice Munro promise. One of Munro's best books, Runaway is also one of her most thematically consistent collections. The idea of "running away" or "escape" permeates each tale. And what to make of the fact that the book consists of clipped, one-word titles?

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   Did Alice Munro win a Nobel Prize?

   • Collections of short stories of noted Canadian writer Alice Munro of life in rural Ontario include Dance of the Happy Shades (1968) and Moons of Jupiter (1982); for these and vivid novels, she won the Nobel Prize of 2013 for literature. People widely consider her premier fiction of the world. Munro thrice received governor general's award.

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   When did the runaway story come out?

   • The story debuted in the August 11, 2003, issue of The New Yorker. It also appeared in Munro's 2004 collection by the same name. Runaway people, animals, and emotions abound in the story. The wife, Carla, is twice a runaway.

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    Here are the infinite betrayals and surprises of love–between men and women, between friends, between parents and children–that are the stuff of all our lives. It is Alice Munro’s special...