NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2013

[rapa]

Today this was announced.  One of my favorite authors won!

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/10/living/nobel-prize-literature/index.html

[Mandy Muffin]

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[Ioruach]

I'm familiar with the name and that Munro is a short story writer, but that is about all.  I have never read her but then haven't read a short story in years, since I last checked an O. Henry book out of the library. I'm heading to the library this afternoon so maybe I'll grab one before everyone else does.

[Dazzling Zoomer Gal Diana]

Thanks for honouring one of my favourite Canadian authors, the astonishing Alice Munro.  I arrived in Toronto in 1973 and for as long as I can remember ( 40 years ) her brilliant short stories  have been  a bedside table stable and an oftentimes  nighttime read. She is a master at a subtle turn of phrase, her words wrap themselves around your emotions before you are aware that you have been seduced.  

It was akin to witnessing a family member being honoured. I was as proud and gleeful as could be for her!