For thirty years now, Alice Munro has been called the best author of short stories in the world, but her books are only coming to Russian readers now, after the writer received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Criticism constantly compares Munro to Chekhov, and this comparison is not without reason: like the Russian writer, she knows how to tell a story in such a way that readers, even those belonging to a completely different culture, recognize themselves in the characters. “‘The Love of a Good Woman’ depicts life with elegance and precision…" wrote The Washington Post Book World. “With spare but miraculous strokes, Munro outlines the contours of destinies or complex relationships, but these are detailed portraits - with light shadows and deep perspective... Like all great writers, she sharpens the senses. Her imagination is fearless."