Paris Stories (New York Review Book Classics)
A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL\ Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker for 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,...
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A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINALMavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker for 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.
IntroductionThe Ice Wagon Going Down the Street5Irina31The Latehomecomer51In Transit73The Moslem Wife79From the Fifteenth District119Speck's Idea127Baum, Gabriel, 1935-( )171The Remission195Grippes and Poches237Forain257August275Mlle. Dias de Corta315In Plain Sight327Scarves, Beads, Sandals349Afterword365
