Open Secrets

By Alice Munro

Subjects: Canada, fiction, Politics and government, Women, Congresses, Vida social y costumbres, Canadian fiction (fictional works by one author), Mujeres, Cuentos canadienses, Fiction, Civil service, Social life and customs, American literature, Fiction, short stories (single author), Public institutions, Canadian Short stories, Ficción

Description: In these eight tales, Munro evokes the devastating power of old love suddenly recollected. She tells of vanished schoolgirls and indentured frontier brides and an eccentric recluse who, in the course of one surpassingly odd dinner party, inadvertently lands herself a wealthy suitor from exotic Australia. And Munro shows us how one woman's romantic tale of capture and escape in the high Balkans may end up inspiring another woman who is fleeing a husband and lover in present-day Canada. Carried away -- A real life -- The Albanian virgin -- Open secrets -- The Jack Randa hotel -- A wilderness station -- Spaceships have landed -- Vandals