“The View from Castle Rock” Alice Munro

2017-07-25T11:27:20-04:00

The title story in this collection follows "No Advantages" closely. It presents Old James the father, Andrew, Walter, and their sister Mary, Andrew’s wife Agnes, and Agnes and Andrew’s son James,"under two years old", and recounts their experiences from "the harbor of Leith, on the 4th of June, 1818, [when] they set

“The View from Castle Rock” Alice Munro2017-07-25T11:27:20-04:00

“No Advantages” Alice Munro

2017-07-25T11:27:31-04:00

McClelland & Stewart, 2006 The View from Castle Rock was not one of my favourite Alice Munro collections. Although I rushed to read it upon publication, I didn’t enjoy it as much as Runaway. On rereading, I planned a different approach. In the past, I read the collection

“No Advantages” Alice Munro2017-07-25T11:27:31-04:00

In the Balance: Will Starling and Punishment

2015-01-27T17:31:50-05:00

Crimes of the past lurk beneath the stories in Ian Weir's Will Starling and Linden MacIntyre's Punishment and the main characters lurch towards and stumble into confrontations and altercations with life-long repercussions. Goose Lane Editions, 2014 These are both dark tales, but Ian Weir's novel is literally and figuratively so: "And

In the Balance: Will Starling and Punishment2015-01-27T17:31:50-05:00
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