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Paris Stories
By Mavis Gallant & Michael OndaatjePublisher Description
A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL
Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to The New Yorkerfor close to fifty years who has, in the words of The New York Times, "radically reshaped the short story for decade after decade." Michael Ondaatje's new selection of Gallant's work gathers some of the most memorable of her stories set in Europe and Paris, where Gallant has long lived. Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. Together they compose a secret history, at once intimate and panoramic, of modern times.
Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to The New Yorkerfor close to fifty years who has, in the words of The New York Times, "radically reshaped the short story for decade after decade." Michael Ondaatje's new selection of Gallant's work gathers some of the most memorable of her stories set in Europe and Paris, where Gallant has long lived. Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. Together they compose a secret history, at once intimate and panoramic, of modern times.
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“Short stories. I loved some, I skipped some, always a mixed bag.”
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“The Boxwalla Book Box - October 2019
Since this is a short story collection, I’ll be rating each individual story separately below:
The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street - 3 Stars
Irina - 3.5 Stars
The Latehomecomer - 2.75 Stars
In Transit - 2.5 Stars
The Moslem Wife - 3 Stars
From the Fifteenth District - 4 Stars
Speck’s Idea - 3 Stars
Baum, Gabriel, 1935-( ) - 3 Stars
The Remission - 3 Stars
Grippes and Poche - 3 Stars
Forain - 3 Stars
August - 4 Stars
Mlle. Dias De Corta - 3.5 Stars
In Plain Sight -”
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About Mavis Gallant
Mavis Gallant was born in Montreal and worked as a journalist at the Montreal Standard before moving to Europe to devote herself to writing fiction. After traveling extensively she settled in Paris, where she still resides. She is the recipient of the 2002 Rea Award for the Short Story and the 2004 PEN/Nabokov Award for lifetime achievement. New York Review Books Classics has published previous collections of Gallant's stories, Varieties of Exile and The Cost of Living.
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