‘Alice Munro’s stories are miraculous\' (Sunday Times) ‘No one else can – or should be allowed to – write like the great Alice Munro’ (Julian Barnes) ‘She sets down the pains and pleasures of living in a spare, singing prose, not a word wasted\' (. ‘Alice Munro’s stories are miraculous\' (Sunday Times) ‘No one else can – or should be allowed to – write like the great Alice Munro’ (Julian Barnes) ‘She sets down the pains and pleasures of living in a spare, singing prose, not a word wasted\' (