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Overhead in a Balloon and other stories

by Mavis Gallant · 1985

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A selection of short stories reminding us of the inhumanities people practise on one another and of the inconclusive aspects of our destiny and how they can sometimes be mastered by acts of recognition.

Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
traveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 544 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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