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Shirley Perrigny, the heroine of A Fairly Good Time, is an original. Derided by the Parisians she lives among and chided by her fellow Canadians, this young widow--recently remarried to a French journalist named Philippe--is fond of quoting Jane Austen and Kingsley Amis and of using her myopia as a defense against social aggression. As the fixed points in Shirley's life begin to recede--Philippe having apparently though not definitively left--...

A selection of non-fiction writings composed of essays and reviews written between 1968 and 1985. Beginning with an account of Gallant's impressions of the student uprising in May 1968, the book contains a range of essays on French society plus items ranging from architecture to literary style.

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This generous collection of fifty-two stories selected from across her prolific career by the author, is preceded by a preface in which she discusses the sources of her art.With irony and an unfailing eye for the telling detail, Gallant weaves stories of spare complexity, often pushing the boundaries of the form in boldly unconventional directions. The settings in the COLLECTED STORIES range from Paris to Berlin to Switzerland, from the Rivier...

Excerpt from The Other ParisBY the time they decided what Carol would wear for her wedding (white with white ¿owers), it was the end of the afternoon. Madame Germaine removed the sketch books, the scraps of net and satin, the stacks of Vogue, she had, already, a professional look of anxiety, as if it could not possibly come out well. One foresaw seams ripped Open, extra fittings, even Carol's tears.Odile Carol's friend, seemed disappointed. Wh...

Mavis Gallant's only play is a comedy that opens in 1942, in the heat of the battle against Fascism, when it was possible for Canadians to cheer for both Stalin and the Royal Family.

Excerpt from The Other Paris BY the time they decided what Carol would wear for her wedding (white with white flowers), it was the end of the afternoon. Madame Germaine removed the sketch books, the scraps of net and satin, the stacks of Vogue, she had, already, a professional look of anxiety, as if it could not possibly come out well. One foresaw seams ripped Open, extra fittings, even Carol's tears. Odile, Carol's friend, seemed disappoint...

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Diese Sammlung präsentiert neun herausragende Kurzgeschichten von bekannten und einflussreichen englischsprachigen Autoren zum Thema Globalisation.Die zunehmende Komplexität und kulturelle Diversifizierung der Gesellschaft durch die fortschreitende Globalisierung spiegelt sich auch in den persönlichen Hintergründen der Autorinnen und Autoren wieder: Die meisten der hier vertretenen Autoren lebten oder leben in verschiedensten Ländern, häufig w...

Florence ha un piano, per la sua estate parigina. Ma per attuarlo le servono solitudine e silenzio. Anche Speck culla un progetto: una mostra per la sua galleria. Lo ossessiona, non lascia spazio ad altri pensieri. E gli rivelerà su se stesso più di quanto desideri sapere. Irina invece sa bene di non essere ciò che sembra, e nella casa moderna e luminosa dei suoi anni da vedova coltiva con disincantata passione i sogni di una gioventù che non ...

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AN NYRB CLASSICS ORIGINAL Mavis Gallant's novels are as memorable as her renowned short stories. Full of wit and psychological poignancy, A Fairly Good Time, here with Green Water, Green Sky, encapsulates Gallant's unparalleled skill as a storyteller. Shirley Perrigny (née Norrington, then briefly Higgins), the heroine of A Fairly Good Time, is an original. Derided by the Parisians she lives among and chided by her fellow Canadians, this young...

A New York Review Books OriginalMavis Gallant is renowned as one of the great short-story writers of our day. This new gathering of long-unavailable or previously uncollected work presents stories from 1951 to 1971 and shows Gallant's progression from precocious virtuosity, to accomplished artistry, to the expansive innovatory spirit that marks her finest work. "Madeleine's Birthday, " the first of Gallant's many stories to be published in The...

The complexity and uncertainty of the idea of home are very much at issue in the stories Gallant writes about Canada, her home country. Included in this new collection are the celebrated Linnet Muir stories, wonderfully wise and funny investigations into the difficulties of growing up and breaking free.

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 heartbreaki...

This generous collection of fifty-two stories, selected from across her prolific career by the author, includes a preface in which she discusses the sources of her art.A widely admired master of the short story, Mavis Gallant was a Canadian-born writer who lived in France and died in 2014 at the age of ninety-one. Her more than one hundred stories, most published in The New Yorker over five decades beginning in 1951, have influenced generation...