She published her first collection, Dance of the Happy Shades in 1968 at 37, an advanced age for writers today, so many of whom have several novels under their belts by their early thirties. Munro always meant to write a novel, many in fact, but “there was no way I could get that kind of time,” she said: Why do I like to write short stories? Governor-General's Award for Fiction for Dance of the Happy Shades (1968) and for Who Do You Think You Are? 11 was public broadcasting on radio that brought Alice Munro to public attention first. Magazines also played an. In the words of George Woodcock, 'In whatever she has written, Alice Munro has. Alice Munro’s “Dance of the Happy Shades” is important. In this story, Munro shows a typical children’s piano recital, complete with its little sandwiches and elderly teacher, its itchy mothers and bored children.

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1. Governor General's Award For English-language Fiction
2. Alice Munro

Governor General's Award For English-language Fiction

Dance of the Happy Shades is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, published by Ryerson Press in 1968.^[1] It was her first collection of stories and won the 1968 Governor General's Award for English Fiction. The title of the main story is the English translation provided for the ballet in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice when it was first presented in London.^[2]

Stories[edit]

Alice Munro

• 'Walker Brothers Cowboy'
• 'The Shining Houses' This short story is about a new neighborhood of many houses which has been built next to an old house. The owner of the older house, Mrs. Fullerton, does not take care of her property to the extent that the owners of the new houses want.
• 'Images'
• 'Thanks for the Ride'
• 'The Office'
• 'An Ounce of Cure'
• 'The Time of Death'
• 'Day of the Butterfly'
• 'Boys and Girls'
• 'Postcard'
• 'Red Dress—1946'
• 'Sunday Afternoon'
• 'A Trip to the Coast'
• 'The Peace of Utrecht'
• 'Dance of the Happy Shades'

Notes and references[edit]

1. ^Preface. Dance of the Happy Shades. Alice Munro. First Vintage contemporaries Edition, August 1998. ISBN0-679-78151-XVintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc.New York.
2. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-10.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) Vancouver Book Fair: First edition. Retrieved on: 10 December 2013.