Set in Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, the nine stories in this glittering collection reflect on the foibles and dilemmas of human...
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Aug 26, 2009
Jesse
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It's almost unfair not to give this book five stars for failing to be consistent in the level of astonishing brilliance it sets out for itself. A bunch of the stories here are the best stories I've ever read-- they're slow and deep and human, giving life to so many quiet truths about youth, age, longing, and all that. "The Moslem Wife," obviously, and the fantastic "Potter," and at least half the stories along with them.
However there are a couple of times when the More...
However there are a couple of times when the More...
Mar 31, 2011
HKd
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I've been dipping in and out of this - the writing very good but the subject matter gets a bit tedious - I have a limited capacity for stories about English ex-pats in the 1950s...
Jun 23, 2010
From the Fifteenth District: A Novella and Eight Short Stories by Mavis Gallant (1988)
Sep 20, 2010
David
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This was a CBC "Canada Reads" selection in 2008. I found that a few of the nine stories in this collection dragged a little. I tend to prefer 20- to 30-page short stories and this is likely why; four of the stories have lengths of 50 to 60 pages.
Feb 07, 2011
David
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The title story is near perfect. The rest are tales of unhappy expats awaiting their doom
Nov 03, 2007
I came across Mavis Gallant in my quest for a) good writers b) short stories.
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