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The Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant

by Mavis Gallant · 1996

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With irony and an unfailing eye for the telling detail, Gallant weaves stories of such intricate simplicity and spare complexity that critics have rightly compared her with Henry James and Anton Chekhov. Readers will discover, or rediscover, the pleasure of reading one of the finest writers of our time.

Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 887 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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