“ Munro has a style but, like Chekhov’s, it is transparent. Her stories flow like conversation, or gossip, but the ease of their telling belies their sophistication. It’s only on reflection that you see the complexity of their construction, where gossip is overlaid with interpretation larded with commentary, prompting further interpretation and so on. Each story is a double helix of raw material and exegesis.
Chris Power, “A brief survey of the short story: Alice Munro”
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