The Selected Stories of Mavis Gallant - Softcover

Gallant, Mavis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747568065 ISBN 13: 9780747568063

Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2004

Synopsis

"Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along. Read one. Shut the book. Read something else. Come back later. Stories can wait" - Mavis Gallant. In 1950, "The New Yorker" accepted one of Mavis Gallant's short stories for publication and she has since become the one of the most accomplished and respected short story writers of her time. Gallant is an undisputed master whose peerless prose captures the range of human experience in her sweeping portraits set in Europe in the second half of the last century. An expatriate herself, her stories deal with exile, displacement, of love and of estranged emotions, but they are never conventional. This collection of fifty-two stories, written between 1953 and 1995, is timeless, to be savoured and re-read.

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Review:

‘Awesome. These stories are the product of a daunting talent ... triumphant’ -- London Review of Books

‘Gallant is funny, exacting and stern – in fact, an old fashioned moralist ... Luminescent, subtle and lasting’ -- Guardian

‘Gallant is one of the great short-story writers of our time’ -- Michael Ondaatje

About the Author:

Mavis Gallant was born in Montral and has lived in Paris for many years. She has written eleven books, including GREEN WATER, GREEN SKY, her first novel, and PARIS NOTEBOOKS: ESSAYS AND REVIEWS. Her latest collection of stories was ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0747568065
• ISBN 13: 9780747568063
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 912