The matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this dazzling new collection. At its centre are three stories connected into one marvellously rich narrative about Juliet - who escapes from teaching at a girls' school and throws herself into a wild and passionate love match. Here are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances, their lives made vividly palpable by the nuance and empathy of Munro's writing. "Runaway" is about the power and betrayals of love, about lost children, lost chances. There is pain and desolation beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart, which makes these stories more powerful and compelling than anything she has written.
艾丽丝·门罗（Alice Munro，1931- ）
加拿大著名女作家。以短篇小说闻名全球，入选美国《时代周刊》“世界100名最有影响力的人物”。
1931年出生于安大略省。长期居住于荒僻宁静之地，逐渐形成以城郊小镇平凡女子的平凡生活为主题的写作风格。故事背景大多为乡间小镇及其邻里，故事人物和现实中人并无二致，亦经历出生与死亡、结婚与离异。但泥土芳香的文字背后，却是对成长疼痛与生老病死等严肃话题浓墨重彩的描写。细腻优雅、不施铅华的文字和简洁精致、宽广厚重的情节，常常给人“于无声处听惊雷”的莫大震撼。
1968年，《快乐影子之舞》初试啼声，一举斩获加拿大总督文学奖。此后，《我青年时期的朋友》《你以为你是谁？》《爱的进程》《公开的秘密》《一个善良女子的爱》《石城远望》等十多部作品纷纷将总督奖、吉勒奖、英联邦作家奖、莱南文学奖、欧•亨利奖以及全美书评人协会...