Across the Bridge

	Author(s): Gallant, Mavis Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Format: Paperback List Price:  $10.95
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Overview:
Most of the stories in this vintage collection take place in the Paris the author knows so well. A master of contemporary prose - elegant, concise, finely textured - Mavis Gallant never relaxes the tension between detachment and compassion, understanding and mystery, memory and truth. She constantly surprises the reader with her quicksilver perceptions of the moments when people's illusions are revealed and their lives change irrevocably as they form new, necessary illusions. With irony and an unfailing eye for the telling detail, she weaves stories of such intricate simplicity and spare complexity that critics have rightly compared her with Henry James and Anton Chekhov. Across the Bridge is a brilliant collection by one of the best short stories writers in the world.

Category: Short Stories