false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172965855m/233792.jpg 233792 1 Mavis Gallant is the modern master of what Henry James called the international story, the fine-grained evocation of the quandaries of people who must make their way in the world without any place to call their own. The irreducible complexity of the very idea of home is especially at issue in the stories Gallant has written about Montreal, where she was born, although she has lived in Paris for more than half a century.<br><br><i>Varieties of Exile</i>, Russell Banks's extensive new selection from Gallant's work, demonstrates anew the remarkable reach of this writer's singular art. Among its contents are three previously uncollected stories, as well as the celebrated semi-autobiographical sequence about Linnet Muir&#8212;stories that are wise, funny, and full of insight into the perils and promise of growing up and breaking loose. 226425 30 11 2003 Varieties of Exile (New York Review Books Classics Series) total:41|5:18|4:15|3:4|2:4|1:0| 41 170 113 7 5 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 07:26:02 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 02 18:20:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 05:43:06 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 12:07:58 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 23:15:13 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 22:51:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 19:13:02 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 00:44:34 -0700 2009
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