{"product_id":"9780679729570","title":"Alice Munro - Friend of My Youth Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Alice Munro. Themes include Fiction, Short Stories (single author), Psychological, Family Life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA “wickedly funny” (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of ten short stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “one of the most eloquent and gifted writers of contemporary fiction” (Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Each of her collections demonstrates such linguistic skill, delicacy of vision, and . . . moral strength and clarity.”—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband’s past—and instead discovering unsetting truths about a total stranger.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe miraculously accomplished stories in this collection not only astonish and delight, but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience. The mastery—the almost numinous ability to say the unsayable—makes \u003ci\u003eFriend of My Youth \u003c\/i\u003ea genuine literary event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58182786187638,"sku":null,"price":6.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780679729570.jpg?v=1782831830","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780679729570","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}