Previously in this series. Your sister met a man once. He loved her despite — or perhaps because of — her chronic illness. He is your husband now. You have no children. Nothing has ever happened to you except one thing, decades ago. You are having an affair with a married man. His sister knows, and hates you. She has volunteered to drive you back to town. You see the man you once thought…
Previously in this series: Every Irish Novel Ever. This post was brought to you by @askmullan. 1. Will the Cod Return, Or Must We Move to Toronto? 2. Only the Jews Know Montreal 3. The Next Three Chapters Are Set in the 1830s Bush For No Reason But Then We'll Be Back to This 1970s University Women's Studies Department 4. She Briefly Considers Moving to the States For Her Career But Then…
In case you missed it (you didn't, I just want to keep typing it over and over again), the great Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature. Let me explain why I am suffused with joy, and then I will share the reactions of others, and then I will tell you what to read. Alice Munro is both Canadian and a woman, which is already enough to make us unconditionally support…
