This title recalls Barbara's "Oranges and Apples" game, the idea of having to choose between two things. 1990; Penguin, 1991 It also echoes Anne having asked Matthew, en route to Green Gables: "Which would you rather be if you had the choice--divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically
It is often said that a single story by Alice Munro contains as much complexity as a novel written by another writer. 1990; Penguin, 1991 One might recall long stories like "Chaddeleys and Flemings" or expansive stories like "The Moon over the Orange Street Skating Rink" or, in
At one time, Zeigler's Department Store had a grocery department and a hardware department, but no longer. 1990; Penguin, 1991 The store assortment has changed. The role of the department store has changed. Downtown Walley has changed. And, perhaps most significantly, Murray has changed. When the story opens, Murray's
When Hazel Curtis travels to Scotland, she tells people that it was a trip that she and Jack had always planned to take together. 1990; Penguin, 1991 And now that she's a widow, Jack cannot contradict Hazel, speak out to say that he never wanted to take that
Some writers might take a book to do it. Carol Shields did, in Swann. Timothy Findley did, in The Wars. 1990; Penguin, 1991 Alice Munro takes a short story to build a life from fragments left behind. In this case, in "Meneseteung", the fragments are culled from a
