Open Secrets (short story collection)

Open Secrets
First edition cover
AuthorAlice Munro
GenreShort story collection
PublisherMcClelland & Stewart
Publication date
September 26, 1994
ISBN0-679-43575-1

Open Secrets (ISBN 0-099-45971-X) is a book of short stories by Alice Munro published by McClelland and Stewart in 1994. It was nominated for the 1994 Governor General's Award for English Fiction.[1]

The Edmonton Journal called it "the best Canadian book of 1994."[1] In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews wrote, "In Munro's hands, fact is a stepsister to fiction and reality may have nothing in common with life's truths. Storytelling made essential by one of the true pros."[2]

Stories

  • "Carried Away"
  • "A Real Life"
  • "The Albanian Virgin"
  • "Open Secrets"
  • "The Jack Randa Hotel"
  • "A Wilderness Station"
  • "Spaceships Have Landed"
  • "Vandals"

References

  1. ^ a b Simons, Paula (November 6, 1994). "Munro pulls no punches", Edmonton Journal, p. C4.
  2. ^ "Open Secrets". Kirkus Reviews. July 1, 1994. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2024.


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