Author Mavis Gallant
on Tour
January 6-15, 2015
with
From the Fifteenth District
(short stories – literary fiction)
Release date: December 16, 2014 at Open Road Integrated Media
242 pages
ISBN: 978-1-4976-8507-9
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SYNOPSIS
Even as we grow and change, the consequences of what we have left behind often linger Mavis Gallant has a unique talent for distilling the sense of otherness one feels abroad into something tangible and utterly understandable. In this collection, she relates the stories of those stranded in relationships, places, and even times in which they don’t belong. In “The Moslem Wife” a woman is entrusted to look after a hotel in France when her husband is trapped in America after the breakout of World War II. As the situation progresses, the two grow in surprising and profound ways. In another tale, a German prisoner of war is released from France and returns home to a mother whose personality has been as irrevocably changed by the war as his has. In one of the most poignant entries, Gallant follows the life of a Holocaust survivor, illustrating how his experiences tint his outlook on life forty years later. With its wide breadth of subject matter and the author’s characteristic way with nuance, From the Fifteenth District is classic Mavis Gallant. [provided by the publisher]
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PRAISE FOR FROM THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
“[From the Fifteenth District] is a splendidly written work, full of nuance and personality and compellingly evocative detail.” —Canadian Literature
“A fine-tuned and elegant collection.” —Kirkus Reviews
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
In 1952 Mavis Gallant (1922–2014) left a successful career as a journalist in Montreal to live independently as a writer of fiction in Europe. She had gained international recognition in 1951 when she was published in the New Yorker, which in subsequent years released over one hundred of her short stories, most of which are set in European cities or Montreal. Random House published twelve volumes of her work. Gallant was awarded the 1981 Governor General’s Award for Home Truths, the 2002 Rea Award for the Short Story, and the 2004 PEN/Nabokov Award for lifetime achievement. She was a companion of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest honor. After traveling widely in Europe, in 1960 Gallant settled in Paris, where she died in 2014. The Journals of Mavis Gallant: 1952–1969 is tentatively scheduled for publication by Alfred A. Knopf in 2015.
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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE
Tuesday, January 6
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at With Her Nose Stuck in a Book
Wednesday, January 7
Review + Giveaway at Macarons & Paperbacks
Thursday, January 8
Review + Giveaway at Wildmoo Books
Friday, January 9
Review + Giveaway at Book Nerd
Spotlight + Giveaway at Queen of All She Reads
Saturday, January 10
Review + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed
Sunday, January 11
Review + Giveaway at An Accidental Blog
Monday, January 12
Review at Unabridged Chick
Spotlight + Giveaway at Words And Peace
Tuesday, January 13
Review + Giveaway at Mirasol Press
Wednesday, January 14
Review + Giveaway at Unshelfish
Thursday, January 15
Review + Giveaway at The Book Binder’s Daughter
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November 30, 2014
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