Alice Munro has a reputation for being a very depressing writer.

艾丽斯•门罗有文风抑郁的名声。

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"Alice Munro doesn't tell you what to think," he said.

“爱丽丝·门罗不会告诉你要思考什么。”他说。

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They included "The Round House", by Louise Erdrich, "Salvage the Bones", by Jesmyn Ward and the short story "Corrie" by Alice Munro.

其中包括路易斯·厄德里奇的《圆屋》、杰斯米·沃德的《抢救骨头》和爱丽丝·门罗的短篇小说《科里》。

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Others, such as my favorite living short-story writer, Alice Munro, may start with a memory.

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An incomplete list: Joy Williams, Stuart Dybek, Anne Carson, Alice Munro, Mary Gaitskill, Lydia Davis, Bhanu Kapil, Deborah Eisenberg, Edward P.

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The other winners are Albanian writer Ismail Kadare (2005), Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe (2007) and Canadian short story writer Alice Munro (2009).

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