''The Progress of Love'' 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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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

. It won the 1986 Governor General's Award for English Fiction, her third win of that award.Lisa Rochon, "Yvon Rivard honored for French-language fiction: Munro wins top literary prize". ''

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'', May 28, 1987. The book was originally contracted to Macmillan of Canada, the publisher of Munro's previous two books. However, when editor Douglas Gibson left the company to join McClelland and Stewart, Munro returned the advance that Macmillan had already paid her, so that she could continue working with Gibson at the new company rather than rebuilding a new relationship with a different editor. The book ultimately became the first title ever released under M&S's new Douglas Gibson Books imprint.

Stories

* "The Progress of Love" * "Lichen" * "Monsieur les Deux Chapeaux" * "Miles City, Montana" * "Fits" * "The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink" * "Jesse and Meribeth" * "Eskimo" * "Queer Streak" * "Circle of Prayer" * "White Dump"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Progress Of Love, The 1986 short story collections Short story collections by Alice Munro McClelland & Stewart books Governor General's Award-winning fiction books