In this, her ninth collection of short stories, the author of "Overhead in a Balloon" attempts to describe with precision the quirks of human nature and the limits of compassion. A host of characters are surveyed as they struggle to transcend the imprisonment of their provisional lives.

In Transit (King Penguin)

Literature & Fiction

GALLANT, Mavis

Literary

Penguin Canada

My Heart is Broken

Penguin??Books

In Transit

Penguin Group Canada

"Meticulously constructed … timeless and unforgettable…" —Jane Urquhart 
In the stories that make up In Transit, internationally acclaimed writer Mavis Gallant describes with elegant and scrupulous precision-and a discerning eye for telling detail-the quirks of human nature and the limits of human compassion. A host of remarkably drawn characters are surveyed with a cool wit and sophisticated intelligence as they struggle to transcend the imprisonment of their provisional lives. Sometimes direct, sometimes tantalizingly oblique, Mavis Gallant's finely textured writing demonstrates once again that she is a master of contemporary prose.

Modern Classics in Transit

In the stories that make up In Transit, internationally acclaimed writer Mavis Gallant describes with elegant and scrupulous precision-and a discerning eye for telling detail-the quirks of human nature and the limits of human compassion. A host of remarkably drawn characters are surveyed with a cool wit and sophisticated intelligence as they struggle to transcend the imprisonment of their provisional lives. Sometimes direct, sometimes tantalizingly oblique, Mavis Gallant's finely textured writing demonstrates once again that she is a master of contemporary prose.

Penguin Modern Classics in Transit

Set in Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, the nine stories in this glittering collection reflect on the foibles and dilemmas of human relationships. An English family goes to the south of France for the sake of the fatherâ€™s health, and to get away from an England of rationing and poverty. A displaced person turned French soldier in Algeria now makes a living as an actor in Paris. A group of selfish English expatriates on the Italian Riviera are incredulous that Mussolini and the Germans may affect their lives. A great writerâ€™s quiet widow blossoms in widowhood, to the surprise and alarm of her children, who send a ten-year-old grandson to Switzerland to keep her company one Christmas. Full of wry humour and penetrating insights, this is Mavis Gallant at her most unforgettable.From the Trade Paperback edition.

From the Fifteenth District: A Novella and Eight Short Stories

Contemporary

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)

Home Truths

British & Irish

CAPE.

Overhead in a Balloon

Random House]

The Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant

History & Criticism

Modern Library

The Wandering Jews

This first English translation of nonfiction by journalist-novelist Roth (d. 1939) incisively portrays pre-World War II European Jewish experience. Includes the 1937 preface for the never published German second edition of Juden auf Wanderschaft (c.1926), comment by Elie Wiesel, and several period photos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

History

Roth, Joseph

Europe

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

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