Alice Munro

Master of the short story

- ANNABEL GUTTERMAN

ALICE MUNRO, THE NOBEL Prize-winning Canadian author who died on May 13 at 92, perfected the art of the contemporary short story.

In 14 beloved short-story collections, the author captured the familiar quandaries and complications of everyday life. Children leave home and return to find it changed. Family units unravel when they are hit with unexpected and tremendous loss. Lovers become partners, then parents, then people they don't quite recognize.