The View from Castle Rock

This seller should be a 5 star great seller. Somehow I mistakenly only gave one star.

The book surprised me, it wasn't what I expected at all. But I loved it, the long voyage into history, family-history. And what is clear from the start is that most members of this family have a special talent for storytelling, from the old man who emigrates to the new world to the writer of the book. She knows how to make a beautiful story with little things, small happenings.

Alice Munro is a wonderful Canadian writer. She has won numerous awards for her work in Canada, the United States and in the United Kingdom. The View from Castle Rock is her eleventh book of short stories-and it is terrific. Castle Rock is a high rocky outcropping in Scotland, not too far north of the Hadrian Wall that divides England and Scotland. From that vantage point one of Munro's ancestors was said to have looked out... Read Full Review

The art of short story writing is by no means dead. Looking at the stacks of new books and best sellers in a book store today would give you the impression that everything belongs to the full length novel. Alice Munro has created almost a new form of writing. She specializes in short stories that kind of fit together to tell a more complete story of her life. The stories in this book definitely fall into that category. They... Read Full Review

When it comes to writing short stories, Canadian author Alice Munro (RUNAWAY) is one of the best. She has published 11 new collections of short stories, a volume of SELECTED STORIES and a full-length novel. Her stories' timelines and subject matter range from birth to death and hit every thinkable topic in between. She is the master of unmasking feelings through words, and her landscapes are so vividly depicted that one can... Read Full Review