Nobel Prize for Literature 2013. Alice Munro is the master of ambivalence. Comedy and tragedy, seemingly mundane and fate-laden elements oscillate in her stories with ever-increasing intensity, leaving the reader profoundly affected. The New York Times called the narratives of the Canadian author a literary miracle - stories as complex as novels, intimate dramas of emotion, tales that begin like idylls and move toward the abyss. "With Alice Munro, reading is like walking hand in hand with her to the realization of a moment; this is a strange and rather rare form of connection with an author. I read - that means I immerse myself in the life of another person." Judith Hermann.