Runaway : stories / Alice Munro.
"The runaway of the title story is a young woman who, though she thinks she wants to, is incapable of leaving her husband. In "Passion," a country girl emerging into the larger world via a job in a resort hotel discovers a single moment of stunning insight and the limits and lies of that mysterious emotion. Three stories, the inspiration for the award-winning movie Julieta, are about a woman named Juliet--in the first, she escapes from teaching at a girls' school into a wild and irresistible love match; in the second she returns with her child to the home of her parents, whose life and marriage she finally begins to examine; and in the last, her child, caught, she mistakenly thinks, in the grip of a religious cult, vanishes into an unexplained and profound silence. In the final story, "Powers," a young woman with the ability to read the future sets off a chain of events that involves her husband-to-be and a friend in a lifelong pursuit of what such a gift really means, and who really has it. In Munro's hands, the people she writes about--women of all ages and circumstances, and their friends, lovers, parents, and children--become as vivid as our own neighbors. It is her miraculous gift to make these stories as real and unforgettable as our own." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 1400077915
- ISBN: 9781400077915
- Physical Description: 335 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st Vintage International edition
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2005.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, 2004.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Runaway -- Chance -- Soon -- Silence -- Passion -- Trespasses -- Tricks -- Powers.
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- 38 of 39 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | F MUNRO (Text) | 33114015039803 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Troutman Branch Library | F MUNRO (Text) | 33114014012819 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC MUN (Text) | 31111002646303 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101098570 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F MUN (Text) | 34208201004958 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | F Munro (Text) | 33115006889999 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Charles H. Stone Memorial Library | F MUNRO (Text) | 80001000641317 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F MUNRO (Text) | 22281500047878 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | F MUN (Text) | 31250200049525 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | F MUNRO (Text) | 31781038106132 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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"The runaway of the title story is a young woman who, though she thinks she wants to, is incapable of leaving her husband. In "Passion," a country girl emerging into the larger world via a job in a resort hotel discovers a single moment of stunning insight and the limits and lies of that mysterious emotion. Three stories, the inspiration for the award-winning movie Julieta, are about a woman named Juliet--in the first, she escapes from teaching at a girls' school into a wild and irresistible love match; in the second she returns with her child to the home of her parents, whose life and marriage she finally begins to examine; and in the last, her child, caught, she mistakenly thinks, in the grip of a religious cult, vanishes into an unexplained and profound silence. In the final story, "Powers," a young woman with the ability to read the future sets off a chain of events that involves her husband-to-be and a friend in a lifelong pursuit of what such a gift really means, and who really has it. In Munro's hands, the people she writes about--women of all ages and circumstances, and their friends, lovers, parents, and children--become as vivid as our own neighbors. It is her miraculous gift to make these stories as real and unforgettable as our own." --
