A Wilderness Station Selected Stories, 1968-1994

ANewYorkTimesEditors’ChoiceBookSpanningalmostthirtyyearsandsettingsthatrangefrombigcitiestosmalltownsandfarmsteadsofruralCanada,thismagnificentcollectionbringstogethertwenty-eightstoriesbyawriterofunparalleledwit,generosity,andemotionalpower.InAWildernessStation:SelectedStories,1968–1994,AliceMunromakeslivesthatseemsmallunfolduntiltheyarerevealedtobeasspaciousasprairiesandlocatesthemomentsofloveandbetrayal,desireandforgiveness,thatchangethoselivesforever.AtravelingsalesmanduringtheDepressiontakeshischildrenwithhimonanimpromptuvisittoaformergirlfriend.Apoorgirlsteelsherselftomarryarichfiancéshecan’tquitemanagetolove.Anabandonedwomantriestochoosebetweentheopposingpleasuresofseductionandsolitude.Toreadthesestoriesistosuccumbtothespellofatruenarrativesorcerer,awriterwhoenchantsherreadersutterlyevenassherestoresthemtotheirtruestselves.