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Runaway Textual Analysis Thread
A place to discuss anything related to the VCE English text 'Runaway' by Alice Munro
Munro, Alice, Runaway, Vintage Publishing, 2006 (1)
This 2013 Man Booker Prize winning anthology of short stories conveys the inner lives of Canadian women set in the twentieth and twenty first century and how they endure the daily trials of modern living. Munro presents and explores the lives of these women through flashbacks and other narrative devices. Many of the stories are connected by characters and plot twists.
Munro’s writing is clear and cogent, but she does not illuminate or offer judgement. Her dialogue is crisp and restrained allowing readers to be drawn into the inner world of the characters and it is they who are left to question and query the nature and value of relationships. Munro provides scope for in-depth discussion of modern life, morality and self. Her writing is capacious with the breadth of a novel but the artistry of the short story form. [/size]