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Aug 11, 1922 — Feb 18, 2014· 91 yrs

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Mavis Gallant

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Mavis Leslie de Trafford Gallant, (née Young; 11 August 1922 – 18 February 2014), was a Canadian writer who spent much of her life and career in France. Best known as a short story writer, she also published novels, plays and essays.

Montreal, Canada
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'I am Mrs da Tanka,' said Mrs da Tanka.

— from The collected stories

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The collected stories

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William Trevor is one of the renowned figures in contemporary literature, described as 'the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language' by the New Yorker and acclaimed for his haunting and profound insights into the human heart. Here is the ultimate collection of his short fiction, with dozens of tales spanning his career and ranging from the moving to the macabre, the humorous to the haunting. From the penetrating 'Memories of Youghal' to the bittersweet 'Bodily Secrets' and the elegiac 'Two More Gallants', here are masterpieces of insight, depth, drama and humanity, acutely rendered by a modern master.

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My heart is broken

1964

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From the Fifteenth District

1979

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Par une nouvelliste canadienne-anglaise de premier plan. Neuf nouvelles d'abord parues dans le "New Yorker" entre 1973 et 1979. Elles ont pour cadre divers pays d'Europe et pour dénominateur commun la figure de l'expatrié.

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