Open Secrets, Munro, Alice. Published by McClelland & Stewart Ltd, Toronto, Canada, 1994. First Edition/First printing. 8vo up to 9½” tall. 294 pages followed by Publisher’s ads. Beige flecked boards with black spine titles. Light crease inside flap and otherwise volume and unclipped jacket in mint, unread condition.
Alice Munro is a Canadian short story writer whose work has been described as having revolutionized the architecture of short stories, especially in its tendency to move forward and backward in time. She is the recipient of several awards including the Nobel Prize for Literature (2013) as a “master of the contemporary short story”; 3 time winner of the Governor General’s Award; 2 time winner of the Giller Prize and, winner of The Man Booker Prize.