To Vanish Off a Page

To Vanish Off a Page offers an in-depth analysis of Alice Munro’s narrative craft through a meticulous examination of her short stories’ endings. Focusing on unity, spatiality, liminality, and traditional endings for female characters, the study explores the interplay between form and theme, revealing how Munro’s distinctive approach to knowledge and truth challenges conventional endings and teleological narrative logic. Through this multifaceted framework, the book illuminates the complexity of Munro’s art and opens new perspectives on the narrative potential of the short story. It makes a significant contribution to Munro studies, short story criticism, and narrative theory.