''Dance of the Happy Shades'' is a book of

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

Alice Munro Alice Ann Munro (; ; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Munro's work has been described as revolutionizing the architecture of short stories, especially in its tendency to move f ...

, published by

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1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

.Preface. Dance of the Happy Shades. Alice Munro. First Vintage contemporaries Edition, August 1998.

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, A Division of Random House, Inc. New York. It was her first collection of stories and won the 1968 Governor General's Award for English Fiction. The title of the main story is the English translation provided for the ballet in

Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire, he g ...

's '' Orfeo ed Euridice'' when it was first presented in London. Vancouver Book Fair: First edition. Retrieved on: 10 December 2013.

Stories

* "Walker Brothers Cowboy" * "The Shining Houses" * "Images" * "Thanks for the Ride" * "The Office" * "An Ounce of Cure" * "The Time of Death" * "Day of the Butterfly" * " Boys and Girls" * "Postcard" * "Red Dress—1946" * "Sunday Afternoon" * "A Trip to the Coast" * "The Peace of Utrecht" * "Dance of the Happy Shades"

Notes and references

1968 short story collections Short story collections by Alice Munro McGraw-Hill books Governor General's Award-winning fiction books {{1960s-story-collection-stub