{"product_id":"the-beggar-maid-isbn-9780679732716","title":"The Beggar Maid","description":"\u003cb\u003e“An exhilarating collection” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) of ten blended stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The rich texture of its narrative and the author’s graceful style make [\u003ci\u003eThe Beggar Maid\u003c\/i\u003e] a considerable accomplishment.”—Joyce Carol Oates, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this vibrant series of interweaving stories, Alice Munro recreates the evolving bond—one that is both constricting and empowering—between two women in the course of almost forty years. One is Flo, practical, suspicious of other people’s airs, at times dismayingly vulgar. The other is Rose, Flo’s stepdaughter, a clumsy, shy girl who somehow—in spite of Flo’s ridicule and ghastly warnings—leaves the small town she grew up in to achieve her own equivocal success in the larger world.“Whether Alice Munro’s \u003ci\u003eThe Beggar Maid \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of stories or a new kind of novel I’m not quite sure, but whatever it is, it’s wonderful. The psychological precision . . . is a delight, and the startling twists—the unexpected leaps in time, the transformation of familiar characters—they make the book what books ought to be, a little wild, a little mysterious.”\u003cb\u003e—John Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The stories are absolutely wonderful-every word she writes is interesting.”\u003cb\u003e—Alice Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The best stories of the year.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Munro\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of thirteen collections of stories—including \u003ci\u003eDear Life, Runaway\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eToo Much Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e—as well as a novel, \u003ci\u003eLives of Girls and Women\u003c\/i\u003e. Among the many awards and prizes she received are three Governor General’s Literary Awards and two Giller Prizes in Canada; the Rea Award; the Lannan Literary Award; the National Book Critics Circle Award; and the International Booker Prize. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Alice Munro died in 2024.By the Author of The Love of a Good Woman","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302014013669,"sku":"NP9780679732716","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679732716.jpg?v=1767738300","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-beggar-maid-isbn-9780679732716","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}