What new can be said about Alice Munro, a writer whose unshowy prose and psychological precision have inspired so many comparisons to a certain Russian literary giant that the author Cynthia Ozick has dubbed her “our Chekhov”? Well, what’s new is her latest book, “Family Furnishings: Selected Stories.” This extraordinary collection encompasses 24 short stories, from 1998’s “The Love of a Good Woman” to “Dear Life,” published in 2012. A companion volume to “Selected Stories” (1968-1994), this most recent effort returns to familiar territory for the Ontario native, but, through the nuance and generosity with which she draws each character, feels vivid and fresh at every turn. –San Francisco Chronicle
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:20:12 +0000
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