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A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINALMavis Gallant is just a modern tale, a regular contributor to The New Yorker for near to fifty years that has, in what of The New York Times, "significantly reshaped the short-story for decade after decade." Michael Ondaatje's fresh choice of Gallant's function collects a few of the most remarkable of her tales occur Europe and London, where Gallant has long-lived. Informative, humorous, mystical, and tragic, these are stories of exiles and expatriates, smart kids and straying saints. They write a key background, at the same time intimate and panoramic, of present times together.