This new selection of Gallant\'s stories, edited by bestselling author Michael Ondaatje, gathers the best of her many Stories set in Paris, where Gallant has long lived.
Together they compose a secret history, at once intimate and panoramic, of modern times..
Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints.
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.
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.
Here she writes of expatriates and locals, exile and homecoming, and of the illusions of youth and age, offering a kaleidoscopic impression of the world within a world that is Paris.
This new selection of Gallant\'s stories, edited by bestselling author Michael Ondaatje, gathers the best of her many Stories set in Paris, where Gallant has long lived
