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Dance of the Happy Shades

Alice Munro

Start date: January 1, 2024

Finish date: March 31, 2024

Discussion: Short Story Classics

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Dec 29, 2023 Natalie rated it liked it

Shelves: classics, fiction

Rating 3.5. I've had this book on my shelf for years so when I saw it's a book of the month for one of my book clubs, I eagerly picked it up. But instead of finding beautiful prose and interesting twists, the stories seemed just straight forward, slice of life tales. Some are somewhat upbeat but many have a sad tone. The prose is clear and spare, but not spectacular.
The running theme for the stories seems to be young women in awkward or difficult positions. We meet a lonely salesman and his daug ...more

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