First edition thus. 8vo. Pp. xvii, 686. Pictorial wraps with French-fold flaps. Deckled fore-edges. With a new introduction by the Author, not included in the original 1996 McClelland & Stewart hardcover edition.
A selection of twenty-eight of her most representative and finest short stories originally published in the collections Dance of the Happy Shades, Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You, Who Do You Think You Are?, The Moons of Jupiter, The Progress of Love, Friend of My Youth and Open Secrets. Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature for her work as a "master of the contemporary short story". Man Booker International Prize winner in 2009 for her lifetime body of work. "Our Chekhov." –Cynthia Ozick