From the Fifteenth District

“A fine-tuned and elegant collection” from the prize-winning author of Paris Stories (Kirkus Reviews).
 
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 ...