Alice Munro, the noted short story writer from Canada, won the 2013 Nobel prize for literature.
Black Bear in the Canadian Rockies http://www.flickr.com/photos/H. Barrison
One of her stories, The Bear Came Over the Mountain, is about a man who loses his wife to Alzheimer’s Disease, then when he places her in a nursing home, finds that he may lose her to another man. You can read it in: www.newyorker.com/magazine…/the bear came over the mountain.
The story also explores how individuals react to their own aging, or to that of their partners.
Alice Munro recently said, “There’s something I think is growing on me as I get older: happy endings.”
Hi Paula, I am about to embark on a short story writing course, and I read this tonight, very timely. This story is so real, and poignant. Thanks for bringing my attention to this interesting author, I shall be researching further.
Glad you like her — her stories are unique.
I find it very interesting too but unfortunately I couldn’t get the link to work
That link was to the New Yorker magazine. She has books of short stories, but I don’t know if they’ve been translated-maybe since she won the Nobel Prize. I’m sorry you couldn’t get the link.