Mavis Gallant (August 11, 1922 - February 18, 2014)
Master of the short Story
Mavis Gallant, Canadian author who seldom gave interviews spent much of her writing years in Paris, France where she died at age ninety-one.
Best known for her short stories, Gallant wrote:
"There is something I keep wanting to say about reading short stories. I am doing it now, because I may never have another occasion. Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along. Read one. Shut the book. Read something else. Stories can wait." *
~ *Preface of The Selected Stories of MAVIS GALLANT, McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1996.
Best known for her short stories, Gallant wrote:
"There is something I keep wanting to say about reading short stories. I am doing it now, because I may never have another occasion. Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along. Read one. Shut the book. Read something else. Stories can wait." *
~ *Preface of The Selected Stories of MAVIS GALLANT, McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1996.
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