Munro, Alice 1931-
Overview
| Works: | 1,077 works in 4,669 publications in 26 languages and 91,742 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Short stories Drama Domestic fiction Film adaptations Short stories, Canadian Melodramas (Motion pictures) Melodrama Romance films Bildungsromans |
| Roles: | Author, Bibliographic antecedent, Editor, Contributor, Other, Creator, Conceptor, Interviewee, win, Author of screenplay, Honoree |
| Classifications: | PR9199.3.M8, 813.54 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Alice Munro
- Reading in : Alice Munro's archives by JoAnn McCaig( )
- The tumble of reason : Alice Munro's discourse of absence by Ajay Heble( )
- Figuring grief : Gallant, Munro, and the poetics of elegy by Karen E Smythe( )
- Away from Her by Sarah Polley( Visual )
- The fiction of Alice Munro : an appreciation by Brad Hooper( )
- Alice Munro : paradox and parallel by W. R Martin( )
- Reading Alice Munro with Jacques Lacan by Jennifer Murray( )
- The Inside of a shell : Alice Munro's Dance of the happy shades by Vanessa Guignery( )
- Alice Munro's miraculous art : critical essays by Janice Anne Fiamengo( )
- Julieta by Pedro Almodóvar( Visual )
- Alice Munro by E. D Blodgett( Book )
- Alice Munro by Charles E May( )
- Alice Munro by Coral Ann Howells( Book )
- Controlling the uncontrollable : the fiction of Alice Munro by Ildikó de Papp Carrington( Book )
- ALICE MUNRO AND THE ANATOMY OF THE SHORT STORY by Oriana Palusci( )
- Lives of mothers & daughters : growing up with Alice Munro by Sheila Munro( Book )
- Alice Munro : writing her lives : a biography by Robert Thacker( Book )
- Space and place in Alice Munro's fiction : "a book with maps in it" by Christine Lorre-Johnston( )
- Reading Alice Munro, 1973-2013 by Robert Thacker( )
- Alice Munro : hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage, runaway, dear life by Robert Thacker( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Alice Munro
Too much happiness : stories by
Alice Munro(
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155 editions published between 2000 and 2021 in 12 languages and held by 4,030 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ten new short stories from the author tackle a variety of themes, such as love, loss, and redemption. In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing her three children from a most surprising source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual and humiliating seduction, reacts in a clever if less-than-admirable fashion. Other stories uncover the "deep-holes" in a marriage, the unsuspected cruelty of children, and how a boy's disfigured face provides both the good things in his life and the bad. And in the long title story, we accompany Sophia Kovalevsky, a late-nineteenth-century Russian é́migré and mathematician, on a winter journey that takes her from the Riviera, where she visits her lover, to Paris, Germany, and, Denmark, where she has a fateful meeting with a local doctor, and finally to Sweden, where she teaches at the only university in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician. Here the author renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories that shed light on the unpredictable ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives
155 editions published between 2000 and 2021 in 12 languages and held by 4,030 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ten new short stories from the author tackle a variety of themes, such as love, loss, and redemption. In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing her three children from a most surprising source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual and humiliating seduction, reacts in a clever if less-than-admirable fashion. Other stories uncover the "deep-holes" in a marriage, the unsuspected cruelty of children, and how a boy's disfigured face provides both the good things in his life and the bad. And in the long title story, we accompany Sophia Kovalevsky, a late-nineteenth-century Russian é́migré and mathematician, on a winter journey that takes her from the Riviera, where she visits her lover, to Paris, Germany, and, Denmark, where she has a fateful meeting with a local doctor, and finally to Sweden, where she teaches at the only university in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician. Here the author renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories that shed light on the unpredictable ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives
Runaway : stories by
Alice Munro(
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127 editions published between 2004 and 2016 in 15 languages and held by 3,693 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of short fiction captures the lives of women of all ages and circumstances, as they deal with the limits and lies of passion, unfulfilled dreams, motherhood, betrayal, and the bonds of love
127 editions published between 2004 and 2016 in 15 languages and held by 3,693 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of short fiction captures the lives of women of all ages and circumstances, as they deal with the limits and lies of passion, unfulfilled dreams, motherhood, betrayal, and the bonds of love
Dear life : stories by
Alice Munro(
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52 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 3,473 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This collection of stories illuminates moments that shape a life, from a dream or a sexual act to simple twists of fate that turn a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Set in the countryside and towns of Lake Huron, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real, paint a portrait of how strange, dangerous, and extraordinary the ordinary life can be
52 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 3,473 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This collection of stories illuminates moments that shape a life, from a dream or a sexual act to simple twists of fate that turn a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Set in the countryside and towns of Lake Huron, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real, paint a portrait of how strange, dangerous, and extraordinary the ordinary life can be
Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage : stories by
Alice Munro(
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117 editions published between 1390 and 2021 in 6 languages and held by 3,063 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of short fiction explores the complexities of human relationships and emotions in stories about a housekeeper entering old-maidhood whose life is transformed by a practical joke and a lifelong philanderer who finds the tables turned
117 editions published between 1390 and 2021 in 6 languages and held by 3,063 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of short fiction explores the complexities of human relationships and emotions in stories about a housekeeper entering old-maidhood whose life is transformed by a practical joke and a lifelong philanderer who finds the tables turned
The view from Castle Rock : stories by
Alice Munro(
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82 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,043 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collections of stories about the Laidlaw family starting in the wilds of the Scottish Borders, their voyage to Canada, to stories set in Alice (Laidlaw) Munro's present time
82 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,043 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collections of stories about the Laidlaw family starting in the wilds of the Scottish Borders, their voyage to Canada, to stories set in Alice (Laidlaw) Munro's present time
Lives of girls and women by
Alice Munro(
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189 editions published between 1971 and 2022 in 12 languages and held by 2,804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A portrayal of a young girl's youth in a Canadian town and her awakening to womanhood in the 1940s follows Del Jordan as she explores the dark and bright sides of womanhood and records the frustrations, joys, triumphs, and trials of small-town life
189 editions published between 1971 and 2022 in 12 languages and held by 2,804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A portrayal of a young girl's youth in a Canadian town and her awakening to womanhood in the 1940s follows Del Jordan as she explores the dark and bright sides of womanhood and records the frustrations, joys, triumphs, and trials of small-town life
Open secrets : stories by
Alice Munro(
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92 editions published between 1994 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,618 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eight stories whose protagonists are women. The story, Carried Away, is on a librarian's romance with a World War I soldier who on his return marries another. The soldier is killed in a factory accident and the librarian marries the factory owner. Another story, An Albanian Virgin, is on a bag lady kidnaped by tribesmen in her youth. By the author of Friend of My Youth
92 editions published between 1994 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,618 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eight stories whose protagonists are women. The story, Carried Away, is on a librarian's romance with a World War I soldier who on his return marries another. The soldier is killed in a factory accident and the librarian marries the factory owner. Another story, An Albanian Virgin, is on a bag lady kidnaped by tribesmen in her youth. By the author of Friend of My Youth
Friend of my youth : stories by
Alice Munro(
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96 editions published between 1940 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A view of men and women in contemporary crises: each story witnesses life's most intimate moments
96 editions published between 1940 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A view of men and women in contemporary crises: each story witnesses life's most intimate moments
The love of a good woman : stories by
Alice Munro(
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56 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 2,420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An anthology of stories probing the human psyche. In the title story, a woman prepares to put her life on the line to get a man. She will confront him with a murder he committed, at which point he might kill her, but if he doesn't she will have him in her power
56 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 2,420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An anthology of stories probing the human psyche. In the title story, a woman prepares to put her life on the line to get a man. She will confront him with a murder he committed, at which point he might kill her, but if he doesn't she will have him in her power
Selected stories by
Alice Munro(
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78 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twenty-eight stories set in farms and small towns around Lake Huron. They include Dance of the Happy Shades, on a retired piano teacher, and Walker Brothers Cowboy, on two children making calls with their salesman father during the 1930s depression
78 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twenty-eight stories set in farms and small towns around Lake Huron. They include Dance of the Happy Shades, on a retired piano teacher, and Walker Brothers Cowboy, on two children making calls with their salesman father during the 1930s depression
The progress of love by
Alice Munro(
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119 editions published between 1982 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 2,343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eleven stories, including "Miles City, Montanta", "Lichen", and "White dump", reveal the nature of power of love between children and parents, between siblings, and between estranged lovers
119 editions published between 1982 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 2,343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eleven stories, including "Miles City, Montanta", "Lichen", and "White dump", reveal the nature of power of love between children and parents, between siblings, and between estranged lovers
The moons of Jupiter : stories by
Alice Munro(
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105 editions published between 1982 and 2021 in 4 languages and held by 2,094 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In these 11 stories, Alice Munro's women discover that love is rarely honest, kind or reliable (although they keep trying); that people are not puzzles to be "arbitrarily solved" (although they continue to search the past and present for clues)
105 editions published between 1982 and 2021 in 4 languages and held by 2,094 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In these 11 stories, Alice Munro's women discover that love is rarely honest, kind or reliable (although they keep trying); that people are not puzzles to be "arbitrarily solved" (although they continue to search the past and present for clues)
The best American short stories, 2001 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by
Barbara Kingsolver(
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4 editions published between 1992 and 2002 in English and held by 1,803 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A compilation of twenty American short stories originally published in magazines and periodicals issued between January 2001 and January 2002, selected for inclusion by guest editor Sue Miller
4 editions published between 1992 and 2002 in English and held by 1,803 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A compilation of twenty American short stories originally published in magazines and periodicals issued between January 2001 and January 2002, selected for inclusion by guest editor Sue Miller
The beggar maid : stories of Flo and Rose by
Alice Munro(
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74 editions published between 1977 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,634 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Interweaving stories tell of the evolving bond between practical, narrow-minded Flo and her stepdaughter Rose, who manages to escape her small town life to achieve an equivocal success in the larger world
74 editions published between 1977 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,634 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Interweaving stories tell of the evolving bond between practical, narrow-minded Flo and her stepdaughter Rose, who manages to escape her small town life to achieve an equivocal success in the larger world
Family furnishings : selected stories, 1995-2014 by
Alice Munro(
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27 editions published between 2011 and 2021 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature-perhaps our most beloved author-a new selection of her peerless short fiction, gathered from the collections of the last two decades, a companion volume to Selected Stories (1968-1994). By all accounts, no Nobel Prize in recent years has garnered the enthusiastic reception that Alice Munro's has, and in its wake, her reputation and readership has skyrocketed worldwide. Now, Family Furnishings will bring us twenty-five of her most accomplished, most powerfully affecting stories, most of them set in the territory she has so brilliantly made her own: the small towns and flatlands of southwestern Ontario. Subtly honed with the author's hallmark precision, grace, and compassion, these stories illuminate the ordinary but quite extraordinary particularity in the lives of men, women, and children as they discover sex, fall in love, part, quarrel, head out into the unknown, suffer defeat, find a way to be in the world. As the Nobel Prize presentation speech reads in part: "Reading one of Alice Munro's texts is like watching a cat walk across a laid dinner table. A brief short story can often cover decades, summarizing a life, as she moves deftly between different periods. No wonder Alice Munro is often able to say more in thirty pages than an ordinary novelist is capable of in three hundred. She is a virtuoso of the elliptical and ... the master of the contemporary short story.""--
27 editions published between 2011 and 2021 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature-perhaps our most beloved author-a new selection of her peerless short fiction, gathered from the collections of the last two decades, a companion volume to Selected Stories (1968-1994). By all accounts, no Nobel Prize in recent years has garnered the enthusiastic reception that Alice Munro's has, and in its wake, her reputation and readership has skyrocketed worldwide. Now, Family Furnishings will bring us twenty-five of her most accomplished, most powerfully affecting stories, most of them set in the territory she has so brilliantly made her own: the small towns and flatlands of southwestern Ontario. Subtly honed with the author's hallmark precision, grace, and compassion, these stories illuminate the ordinary but quite extraordinary particularity in the lives of men, women, and children as they discover sex, fall in love, part, quarrel, head out into the unknown, suffer defeat, find a way to be in the world. As the Nobel Prize presentation speech reads in part: "Reading one of Alice Munro's texts is like watching a cat walk across a laid dinner table. A brief short story can often cover decades, summarizing a life, as she moves deftly between different periods. No wonder Alice Munro is often able to say more in thirty pages than an ordinary novelist is capable of in three hundred. She is a virtuoso of the elliptical and ... the master of the contemporary short story.""--
Dance of the happy shades and other stories by
Alice Munro(
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95 editions published between 1968 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,573 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fifteen stories about life in rural Ontario deal with adolescence, loneliness, broken hearts, an abandoned wife, family relations, blind dates, and an aspiring writer
95 editions published between 1968 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,573 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fifteen stories about life in rural Ontario deal with adolescence, loneliness, broken hearts, an abandoned wife, family relations, blind dates, and an aspiring writer
Something I've been meaning to tell you ... ; thirteen stories by
Alice Munro(
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67 editions published between 1974 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,281 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the thirteen stories in her second collection, Alice Munro demonstrates the precise observation, straightforward prose style, and masterful technique that led no less a critic than John Updike to compare her to Chekhov. The sisters, mothers and daughters, aunts, grandmothers, and friends in these stories shimmer with hope and love, anger and reconciliation, as they contend with their histories and their present, and what they can see of the future. -- Book jacket
67 editions published between 1974 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,281 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the thirteen stories in her second collection, Alice Munro demonstrates the precise observation, straightforward prose style, and masterful technique that led no less a critic than John Updike to compare her to Chekhov. The sisters, mothers and daughters, aunts, grandmothers, and friends in these stories shimmer with hope and love, anger and reconciliation, as they contend with their histories and their present, and what they can see of the future. -- Book jacket
Carried away : a personal selection of stories by
Alice Munro(
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19 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 1,002 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An array of short fiction, selected by the author and spanning the full range of her career, encompasses seventeen stories, drawn from such collections as The Beggar Maid, The Moons of Jupiter, and Runaway
19 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 1,002 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An array of short fiction, selected by the author and spanning the full range of her career, encompasses seventeen stories, drawn from such collections as The Beggar Maid, The Moons of Jupiter, and Runaway
The love of a good woman by
Alice Munro(
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126 editions published between 1990 and 2019 in 15 languages and held by 805 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this collection, Alice Munro takes the lives of women, and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. The love of a good woman is not as pure and virtuous as it seems - in her title story it can be needy and murderous
126 editions published between 1990 and 2019 in 15 languages and held by 805 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this collection, Alice Munro takes the lives of women, and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. The love of a good woman is not as pure and virtuous as it seems - in her title story it can be needy and murderous
The best American short stories, 2013 by
Elizabeth Strout(
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1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources
1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources
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- Gallant, Mavis
- Kenison, Katrina Editor
- Moore, Lorrie
- McCaig, JoAnn 1953- Author
- Oates, Joyce Carol 1938- Editor
- Laidlaw family
- Baxter, Charles 1947-
- Heble, Ajay 1961- Author
- Polley, Sarah Other Performer Scenarist Director Author of screenplay Film editor Author
- Smythe, Karen E. (Karen Elizabeth) 1962- Author
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Alternative Names
Alice Ann Laidlaw
Alice Ann Munro
Alice Munro
Alice Munro 1931-
Alice Munro Canadees schrijfster
Alice Munro Canadian writer
Alice Munro canadisk manusforfatter og skribent
Alice Munro canadisk manuskriptforfatter og skribent
Alice Munro cuentista canadiense
Alice Munro écrivaine canadienne
Alice Munro escritora canadense
Alice Munro eskritor kanades
Alice Munro Kanada romaanikirjanik
Alice Munro kanadalainen kirjailija
Alice Munro Kanadalı bir öykücü
Alice Munro kanadensisk författare
Alice Munro kanadesch Schrëftstellerin
Alice Munro Kanadiana a mannurat
Alice Munro kanadische Autorin
Alice Munro kanadisk manusforfattar og skribent
Alice Munro novel·lista canadenca
Alice Munro novelista canadense
Alice Munro romancieră canadiană
Alice Munro scrittrice canadese
Alice Munro shkrimtare kanadeze
Alice Munroová
Alice Munrová kanadská spisovateľka
Alise Manro
Elis Manro
Elis Munro
Laidlaw, Alice 1931-
Laidlaw , Alice Ann
Laidlaw, Alice Ann 1931-
Laidlaw, Alice Anne, 1931-
Manro, Alise, 1931-
Manro, Elìs.
Manro, Ėlis 1931-
Manro Éllïs
Mānrū, Ālīs, 1931-
Menluo 1931-
Menluo, Ailisi 1931-
Munro A.
Munro, Alice
Munro, Alice 1931-
Munro, Alice Ann 1931-
Munro, Alice Ann Laidlaw
Munro, Alice Ann Laidlaw 1931-
Munro, Älis 1931-
Munro, Alys 1931-
Munro, Elis 1931-
Munroová, Alice, 1931-
Mūnrū, Ālīs, 1931-
Vaelis Munro 1931-
Valis Munro 1931-
Velis Munro 1931-
Άλις Μανρό Καναδή διηματογράφος
Алис Манро
Алис Монро
Еліс Манро
Манро Э. Э. 1931-
Манро Элис
Манро, Элис, 1931
Манро Эллис
Мунро Э. 1931-
Элис Манро Канада яҙыусыһы
Элис Манро канадская писательница
Элис Мунро
Эліс Манро
Эліс Мунро канадзкая навэлістка, ляўрэат Букераўскай прэміі, ляўрэат Нобэлеўскай прэміі па літаратуры
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אליס מונרו סופרת קנדית
מאנרו, אליס 1931-
מונרו, אליס
מונרו, אליס 1931-
מנרו, אליס
آليس مونرو
أليس مونرو، 1931-
آليس مونرو روائية كندية
آلیس مونرو
آلیس مونرو نویسنده و فیلمنامهنویس کانادایی
ایلائس منرو ایلائس منرو کنیڈین مصنف ہیں جو کہ انگریزی زبان میں لکھتی ہیں۔
ایلس منرو
مانرو، آليس.
مانرو، آليس،, 1931-
مانرو ەللىيس
مونرو، ألس، 1931-
مونرو، آليس.
مونرو، آليس،, 1931-
مۇنرو, ئېلىس 1931-
ئالیس مونرۆ
एलिस मुनरो
ॲलिस मन्रो
অ্যালিস মানরো কানাডীয় ঔপন্যাসিক
ਐਲਿਸ ਮੁਨਰੋ
ஆலிஸ் முன்ரோ
ఆలిస్ మన్రో
ಅಲೈಸ್ ಮನ್ರೋ ಕೆನಡಾದ ಲೇಖಕ
ആലിസ് മൺറോ
อลิซ มุนโร
ელის მანრო
먼로, 앨리스 1931-
앨리스 먼로
앨리스 먼로 1931-
アリス・マンロー カナダの作家
マンロー, アリス
マンロ, アリス 1931-
愛麗絲·門若
愛麗絲門羅
艾丽斯·芒罗
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