She has a special talet for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary. These are ordiy people, ordinary stories, but she has the magic. Her precise language, depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting.
Raway, one of Munro's representative works, is a good example of her writing style.One of the stories centers on the life of an ordinary woman Carla, who live in a small Canadian town with her husband Clark.The tory slowly forms a picture of Carla, trapped in a bad marriage, her unhappiness building into desperation until she decide8 to flee.The story of Carla is a story of the power and betrayals of love.It is about lost children and l08t chance8 that we can all find in life, There is pain beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart.
Since she published her frst collection of 8hort stories in 1968, Munro has won many a wards, with the Nobel Prize being her bigge8t honor.On Oct 10, 2016, the Nobel Prize comt-tee named Munro the "master of the contemporary short story".
1.We lea from Paragraph 1 that Alice Munro
A.didn't get on well with the media
B.was 8urprised at winning the Nobel Prize
C.didn't value the title of Women of the Year
D.remained modest though very successful
2.Many of Alice Munro's works
A.focus on everyday life of ordinary people
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