This is a collection of 11 stories, in which women make discoveries about love, men, relationships, families and life in their contemporary Canadian small town.

In these piercingly lovely and endlessly surprising stories by one of the most acclaimed current practitioners of the art of fiction, many things happen: there are betrayals and reconciliations, love affairs consummated and mourned.

艾丽丝·门罗（Alice Munro，1931— ），加拿大女作家，2013年诺贝尔文学奖得主。一生专注于中短篇小说创作，讲述小地方普通人特别是女性隐含悲剧的平常生活，以细腻透彻又波澜不惊的话语，洞见人性的幽微处。在获得诺奖之前，门罗就被誉为“我们时代的契诃夫”；诺贝尔文学奖颁奖词称她为“当代短篇小说大师”。

In these piercingly lovely and endlessly surprising stories by one of the most acclaimed current practitioners of the art of fiction, many things happen: there are betrayals and reconciliations, love affairs consummated and mourned.

This is a collection of 11 stories, in which women make discoveries about love, men, relationships, families and life in their contemporary Canadian small town.

各位老师们大家好，我是一位练习时长两年半的个人…… 滚啊！（一脚踢飞）真的不怕律师函啊！ 我叫濑樱川，你可以叫我濑樱或者小川怎么叫随你反正我无所谓，成为偶像是我的梦想，同样也是与别人的约定，成为宝可梦训练师是我的幻想……毕竟也只有在游戏里面...

各位老师们大家好，我是一位练习时长两年半的个人…… 滚啊！（一脚踢飞）真的不怕律师函啊！ 我叫濑樱川，你可以叫我濑樱或者小川怎么叫随你反正我无所谓，成为偶像是我的梦想，同样也是与别人的约定，成为宝可梦训练师是我的幻想……毕竟也只有在游戏里面...

光明与黑暗，死亡与新生。阴沉昏暗的天空，出现了有两个太阳，分别照明两条路径，一条是荣耀，一条是羞愧。一个太阳把另一个熄灭，漆黑的断剑和十字架都拿在长耳少年的手里。在悲恸中他开始了自己的复仇之路…… 　　妖精序章小说为转载作品，章节由网友发布

一觉醒来，世界变天，窗外是危机，屋内是爱人，在希望和绝望中斡旋，寻找救赎之道。