I love Alice Munro.
That said, I have been slogging through her latest book, The View From Castle Rock, for weeks. It is very unusual for me to take more than a week to read something. Usually I am sneaking off to read anytime I think I can get away with it. But this book has NOT been calling my name throughout the day.
And then, last night I was putting in my obligatory two pages before falling asleep, when a single sentence made me aware of something about myself that had never occurred to me. It resonated with such truth, that (much to my sleeping husband’s dismay) I actually slapped the book closed and said, “THAT’S why I love Alice Munro.”
“…..I am not sure now whether I love any place, and that it seems to me it was myself that I loved here….”
-Alice Munro
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
6 comments:
It is so true and so well said!
Please keep reading!
Who knows, what else she has to say...and even if that sentence would be the only one for whole book, it`s still worth it.
Eva
Yep. That sentence made the whole book worth it. I will never see nostalgia the same way again!
Whoa - what a line. I am just discovering Alice Munro . . . a fun journey . . . you have inspired me to pick up my most recent purchase . . . "Runaway"
I really loved "Runaway."
There is a movie coming out soon, directed by Sarah Polly, based on one of her short stories. I think it's called "The Bear came over the Mountain." I could be waaaaay off, but it's something like that. Check it out.
There is a movie coming out soon, directed by Sarah Polly, based on one of her short stories. I think it's called "The Bear came over the Mountain." I could be waaaaay off, but it's something like that. Check it out.
Post a Comment