Overhead in a Balloon : Twelve Short Stories of Paris by Mavis Gallant (1987,...

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9780394545110
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0394545117
ISBN-13
9780394545110
eBay Product ID (ePID)
153187

Product Key Features

Publication Year
1987
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), General
Book Title
Overhead in a Balloon : Twelve Short Stories of Paris
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
Author
Mavis Gallant
Format
Hardcover

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Item Weight
13.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
86-020329
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
"To take up residence in the mind of Mavis Gallant, as one does in reading her stories, is a privilege and a delight.…In the taut, high-wire literary performance in this volume, Mavis Gallant is at the top of her form." New York Times Book Review "This is a splendid collection…to be savoured and passed around to friends who appreciate slyness and who know about the little sadnesses which scar but do not kill." Washington Post Book World "Mavis Gallant's fiction is among the finest ever written by a Canadian." Books in Canada "One of the great short story writers of our time." Bookseller(U.K.) "Mavis Gallant's stories are so tightly constructed, their tone so wry that they need to be digested a little at a time, like a large piece of rich cake. And it's hard to leave even a bit untasted." Newsday "Each story is a gem." Virginia Quarterly Review "Mavis Gallant is a master of contemporary prose andOverhead in a Balloonis a superb and triumphant collection." Chapel Hill Newspaper "[An] authority of presence coupled with Gallant's Chekhovian eye for the intricacies of personal relationships has madeOverhead in a Balloonan outstanding addition to her previous books." Pittsburgh Press From the Trade Paperback edition., "To take up residence in the mind of Mavis Gallant, as one does in reading her stories, is a privilege and a delight.…In the taut, high-wire literary performance in this volume, Mavis Gallant is at the top of her form." New York Times Book Review "This is a splendid collection…to be savoured and passed around to friends who appreciate slyness and who know about the little sadnesses which scar but do not kill." Washington Post Book World "Mavis Gallant's fiction is among the finest ever written by a Canadian." Books in Canada "One of the great short story writers of our time." Bookseller (U.K.) "Mavis Gallant's stories are so tightly constructed, their tone so wry that they need to be digested a little at a time, like a large piece of rich cake. And it's hard to leave even a bit untasted." Newsday "Each story is a gem." Virginia Quarterly Review "Mavis Gallant is a master of contemporary prose and Overhead in a Balloon is a superb and triumphant collection." Chapel Hill Newspaper "[An] authority of presence coupled with Gallant's Chekhovian eye for the intricacies of personal relationships has made Overhead in a Balloon an outstanding addition to her previous books." Pittsburgh Press From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
These twelve stories are set in Paris, Mavis Gallant's adopted home, a city whose nuances she brings to life through a wide range of characters: squabbling writers, bewildered parents, scheming art dealers, beleaguered tenants, and feckless drifters. An artist's widow proves more than a match for Sandor Speck, who hopes to make a name for himself with her late husband's paintings. Literary rivals Prism and Grippes, the protégés of a rich, misguided American patron, battle across the years. And in the Magdalena stories, a man is caught in the pull of loyalties between his beautiful first wife from a marriage of political conscience, and the woman he truly loves. Elegant, concise, finely textured, these stories never relax the tension between detachment and compassion, understanding and mystery, memory and truth. With remarkable intelligence and an unfailing eye for the telling detail, Gallant weaves stories of intricate simplicity and spare complexity. From the Trade Paperback edition.
LC Classification Number
PR9199.3.G26O9 1987

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