Paris StoriesNew York Review of Books, 27 Apr 2011 - 400 halaman A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to The New Yorkerfor close to fifty years who has, in the words of The New York Times, "radically reshaped the short story for decade after decade." 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. Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. Together they compose a secret history, at once intimate and panoramic, of modern times. |
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... perhaps, a tax consultant, an art dealer... Just listing a few of Gallant's characters reveals the range and diversity of her world—lost sons, emigrés, refugees from the nuclear family or the establishment, all trying to scramble back ...
... perhaps, a tax consultant, an art dealer... Just listing a few of Gallant's characters reveals the range and diversity of her world—lost sons, emigrés, refugees from the nuclear family or the establishment, all trying to scramble back ...
Halaman xii
... perhaps in every word and line being tested for falseness or complacency. It results too in a kind of testing, self-critical humor that lies within the text. "I am uncertain about every line I write and I am uncertain until I get ...
... perhaps in every word and line being tested for falseness or complacency. It results too in a kind of testing, self-critical humor that lies within the text. "I am uncertain about every line I write and I am uncertain until I get ...
Halaman 21
... perhaps he'd better circulate, Peter sat down where he had been. “Now look, Sheilah,” he began. Their most intimate conversations have taken place at parties. Once at a party she told him she was leaving him; she didn't, of course ...
... perhaps he'd better circulate, Peter sat down where he had been. “Now look, Sheilah,” he began. Their most intimate conversations have taken place at parties. Once at a party she told him she was leaving him; she didn't, of course ...
Halaman 22
... Perhaps she lived close by. He had forgotten where the hired car was parked, or what it looked like; he could not remember its make or its color. In any case, Sheilah had the key. Agnes walked on steadily, as if she knew their ...
... Perhaps she lived close by. He had forgotten where the hired car was parked, or what it looked like; he could not remember its make or its color. In any case, Sheilah had the key. Agnes walked on steadily, as if she knew their ...
Halaman 23
... perhaps he might leave her here. The trust in her tilted face had perplexed him. He wanted to get back to Sheilah and have her explain something. He had forgotten what it was, but Sheilah would know. “Do you live around here?” he said ...
... perhaps he might leave her here. The trust in her tilted face had perplexed him. He wanted to get back to Sheilah and have her explain something. He had forgotten what it was, but Sheilah would know. “Do you live around here?” he said ...
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From the Fifteenth District | 119 |
Baum Gabriel 1935 | 171 |
The Remission | 195 |
Grippes and Poches | 237 |
Forain | 257 |
August | 275 |
Mlle Dias de Corta | 315 |
Afterword | 365 |
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