Did Alice Munro wake up one morning and decide she was Russian? Too Much Happiness is a very odd story---a novella in Harpers---about a Russian woman scientist and her affairs of the heart. Apparently Alice Munro happened to read up on this woman in an encyclopedia (how old fashioned is that?!) and became fascinated by her and decided to write a story about her. It seemed very alien for me from her other work. In fact I'd say now Elizabeth Strout is more like Alice Munro than Alice Munro is like Alice Munro.
So if you want Tolstoy read Alice Munro , if you want Alice Munro read Elizabeth Strout. Put that in the encyclopedia!
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