Too Much Happiness
2009 short story collection by Alice Munro
978-0-7710-6529-3Too Much Happiness is a short story collection by Canadian writer Alice Munro, published on August 25, 2009 by McClelland and Stewart's Douglas Gibson Books imprint.[1] The title story is a fictional retelling of the life of the 19th century Russian mathematician and writer Sofia Kovalevskaya. The book contains ten short stories.[2] Each story outlines the core of its protagonist by narrating selected scenes of that character's life.
Synopsis
There are 10 stories in total: Dimensions, Fiction, Wenlock Edge, Deep-Holes, Free Radicals, Face, Some Women, Child's Play, Wood, and the titular story.[2]
Dimensions focuses on a young girl, Doree, and her relationship with an abusive older man, Lloyd.
Fiction focuses on a woman, Joyce, and her grappling with changing relationships.
Wenlock Edge focuses on an unnamed protagonist, who is sexually abused.
Deep-Holes focuses on Sally, whose son lives a monastic lifestyle after a traumatic experience.
Free Radicals focuses on Nita, an elderly woman who has to deal with a home intruder.
Face focuses on a boy with a birthmark across his face.
Some Women focuses on the carer of an ill man.
Child's Play focuses on two girls at their summer camp.
Wood focuses on Roy, who obsesses over wood-cutting.
References
- ^ Books: Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro at McClelland and Stewart.
- ^ a b "Table of Contents (PDF)" (PDF). scans.hebis.de. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
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Works by Alice Munro
- Dance of the Happy Shades (1968)
- Lives of Girls and Women (1971)
- Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You (1974)
- Who Do You Think You Are? (1978)
- The Moons of Jupiter (1982)
- The Progress of Love (1986)
- Friend of My Youth (1990)
- Open Secrets (1994)
- The Love of a Good Woman (1998)
- Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001)
- Runaway (2004)
- The View from Castle Rock (2006)
- Too Much Happiness (2009)
- Dear Life (2012)
- "Boys and Girls"
- "How I Met My Husband"
- "The Moons of Jupiter"
- "Free Radicals"
- List of short stories by Alice Munro
- Selected Stories (1996: 1968-1994)
- No Love Lost (2003: 1978–1999)
- Vintage Munro (2004: 1982–2001)
- Carried Away: A Personal Selection Of Stories (2006: 1978–2004)
- Boys and Girls (1983)
- Martha, Ruth and Edie (1988, segment "How I Met My Husband")
- Edge of Madness (2002)
- Away from Her (2006)
- Hateship, Loveship (2013)
- Julieta (2016)
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