King Penguin: Dance of the Happy Shades and Other Stories

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In the stories that make up <i>Dance of the Happy Shades</i>, the deceptive calm of small-town life is brought memorably to the page, revealing the countryside of Southwestern Ontario to be home to as many small sufferings and unanticipated emotions as any place. This is the book that earned Alice Munro a devoted readership and established her as one of Canada's most beloved writers. Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, <i>Dance of the Happy Shades</i> is Alice Munro's first short story collection.