Eager to start reading Alice Munro? The short story entitled, "The Bear Came over the Mountain" is the perfect starting point for new Munro fans. Deemed to be her best work, the short story was adapted into a movie in 2006, entitled "Away from Her," reports The Star.

After winning the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, Canada-based author Alice Munro has generated enough buzz on the web that demand for her short stories have sparked anew. While there sure are many selections to choose from, literature experts declare, hands down, that "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" is representative of her genius.

Jonathan Siason, who serves as a Writing Mentor for the University of Guelph-Humber in Ontario, Canada says that this love story is "deeply moving, visceral. Resonated with the theme of memory and the fragile nature of our memories, and how the seemingly minute changes in our lives turn out to have the most devastating effects. It's very dark, but at the same time, very human," he told Latin Post.

"The Bear Came over the Mountain" is a 15-page short story that discusses the strength of love between an elderly couple, Fiona and Grant. Fiona has been afflicted with memory loss most likely to be Alzheimer's disease. As she continues her life in a care facility, she develops a relationship with another man. Grant, haunted by the affairs he has had in his younger years, struggles to grasp the truth that the tables have turned on him. The short story is part of the compilation entitled, "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage," published in 2001, according to Literature: British Council.

The short story had been given the title, "Away from Her" when it was adapted into film by Canadian actress Sarah Polley. It starred Julie Christie (Fiona Anderson), Gordon Pinsent (Grant Anderson) and Olympia Dukakis (Marian). The film has won several awards. Watch the trailer here.

Alice Munro has been called the "master of the contemporary short story" by Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, who made the announcement of Munro's win on Thursday. The 82-year-old author is only the 13th woman to earn the Nobel Prize for Literature distinction since it was first established in 1901, according to BBC News.

Meanwhile, CTV News reports that readers eager to start their compilation of Alice Munro's works should start with the following books: Dance of the Happy Shades, The Lives of Girls and Women, Who Do You Think You Are, The Love of a Good Woman, and Dear Life, as these selections are said to have paved the way for Munro to earn the much-coveted Nobel Prize.

The Canadian writer has said of her win, "I would really hope that this would make people see the short story as an important art," according to BBC News.