Mavis Gallant
Canadian short-story writer who spent most of her life in Paris, contributing stories to The New Yorker for over fifty years. Her fiction is celebrated for its ironic precision and its portraits of displacement and exile. She is considered one of the great short-story writers in the English language.
Works
- The Other ParisAmerican woman falls in love with Parisian city and man
- My Heart Is BrokenStory collection exploring emotional estrangement and alienation
- From the Fifteenth DistrictStory collection depicting displaced people and transience
- Home TruthsStory collection exploring Canadian families and secrets
- Overhead in a BalloonStory collection of travelers and outsiders observing society
- In TransitStory collection about travelers and airports and transience