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Reading this collection of stories I was able to - for the first time - sense how the author manipulated her words and the techniques she trotted out. Some of gifted invention, particular to her alone, others perfectly executed methodology of consummate fiction writing.

Without a doubt most of the stories within this collection are engaging. Except that, sadly, in most cases the story arc progressed along rather weary, trying lines. As Miss Munro's topics involve the most complex and difficult aspects of human interactions, I've seen reflections of myself and recognized many of my own conundrums within her previous offerings. Almost always I've come away wiser and stronger after reading her works. Most everybody would if they read enough Munro and in the right way.

Except not this time. The bulk of the subject matter was grotesque and offputting. A mingling of noirish and exploitive. Explore Munro's earlier writings to discover mini-masterpieces to inspire and galvanize and leave you craving for more (and more and) ....


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Too Much Happiness Stories Alice Munro 9780307269768 Books Reviews

Alice Munro is one of my favourite writers and she does not disappoint in this one. It is amazing to consider that nearly all of her stories take place in rural Canada and yet they convey all the dimensions and richness of human existence, feelings, emotions. Alice Munro is so incredibly skilled at creating a mood and making the reader feel very strong emotions just by describing the scene and the story and not really using any big emotionally charged words. She reminds me of Hemingway in that way.
My favourite story from this collection is "Dimensions" - a very chilling tale of dealing with a tragic personal loss. As a mother myself I found it heartbreaking to read and yet somehow uplifting as well. There is light at the end of every tunnel although maybe the light has a different quality than before entering the tunnel.
I heartily recommend this book.
Munro lives up to her reputation as the best contemporary writer of short fiction in North America. A writer of fiction myself, I regard her as a kind of guru. I marvel at the economy, subtlety, and ease with which her fictions unfold. In Too Much Happiness, the choice and placement of stories keeps the collection's protagonist in the reader's awareness, even when she has only a walk-on part or when her husband is the focal character of a story. The effect of that is a layering of views and voices that cumulatively expands the reader's sense of the place and space in which the protagonist emerges and the emergence itself -- like watching a picture develop on a photo paper in a tray of developer fluid. What I am calling "the larger story" is a mostly unspoken revelation of the many dimensions of the central character, who gradually turns out to be the protagonist of the collection. But looked at another way, the larger story is better thought of as the drama of the central character's becoming fully alive in the reader's imagination -- an exquisite revelation.
A very good read, the amazing talent and skill by Alice Munro to write with so distinctive language.The very interesting stories, keep you to carry on reading, the fantastic disguise into the human psychology, people's interaction, just life events. Highly recommended.
Munro casts a cold eye on the human condition in Too Much Happiness. Lives don't have happy endings and experiencing one tragedy doesn't save you from another. I like the realism and beautiful writing in these stories, but I also like stories with a glimmer of hope. There wasn't even a twinkle to be found in any of these. Nonetheless there was writing in these stories that took my breath away, and my admiration for Munro remains intact.
The author's use of language makes the book an easy read. The situations and their resolutions seem possible, although rather noir. In all but the last story the characters seem to be meandering through life, responding more or less randomly to random events. The outcomes left me wondering why I should be particularly interested in them. I found most of the stories eminently forgettable, despite the author's writing skill.

The last story was different, in that it presented historical characters who were deeply interested in things of some import, and worked hard to make progress toward goals that they thought significant. This probably reflects the source of the story in the stories of historical mathematicians.
I became interested in reading Alice Munro's stories after she received her Nobel prize. I should admit I didn't know who she was prior to that date.
Although I usually don't read much fiction, I am addicted to her work. Out of the many books of her short stories I've read, this one is one of my favorite ones.
Alice Munro not only writes extraordinarily well but has an acute ability to describe the most diverse characters in a way the reader can get into their souls. She relates to human strengths and weaknesses, choices, and circumstances with no prejudicial judgement. To all those able to immerse themselves into the beauty of reading, I highly recommend this book.
A. Aranovich
Munro is the master story teller. You seem to know the characters well within a couple of pages, the story often takes a different direction from what you expect and she leaves you asking questions about it when you are finished. As a result you end up thinking of how the stories relate to your own life.When you have finished a story you spend a day or so in a sort of meditation about your own life story often coming to conclusions you hadn't though about before. There are not many, if not any, other writers that you can say this about.
Reading this collection of stories I was able to - for the first time - sense how the author manipulated her words and the techniques she trotted out. Some of gifted invention, particular to her alone, others perfectly executed methodology of consummate fiction writing.

Without a doubt most of the stories within this collection are engaging. Except that, sadly, in most cases the story arc progressed along rather weary, trying lines. As Miss Munro's topics involve the most complex and difficult aspects of human interactions, I've seen reflections of myself and recognized many of my own conundrums within her previous offerings. Almost always I've come away wiser and stronger after reading her works. Most everybody would if they read enough Munro and in the right way.

Except not this time. The bulk of the subject matter was grotesque and offputting. A mingling of noirish and exploitive. Explore Munro's earlier writings to discover mini-masterpieces to inspire and galvanize and leave you craving for more (and more and) ....