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And other stories vintage international kindle edition by munro, alice. The title of the main story is the english translation provided for the ballet in glucks orfeo ed euridice when it was first presented in. These stories are set in the small towns and farms of southwestern ontario, canada. Selected stories by alice munro its that time of year again miss marsalles, the piano teacher, is throwing her annual party for her students. Miss marsalles invites a girl and her mother with other parents and students to her house, nobody wants to go, but they need to do it. This is a small victory for canadian studies scholars in france as canadian literature is rarely acknowledged or taught in our english studies departments. Dance of the happy shades is a book of short stories by alice munro, published by ryerson. May 20, 2014 so this brings me back to alice munro. Dance of the happy shades by alice munro librarything. She has won many other awards since then for her short fiction, culminating in the man booker international prize for her lifetimes achievement in 2009. According to goodreads, i began reading dance of the happy shades on july 27, 20, so about ten months ago. Dance of the happy shades won the governor generals award for fiction in 1968.
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