{"product_id":"going-ashore-paperback-by-mavis-gallant","title":"Going Ashore Paperback by Mavis Gallant","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eMcClelland \u0026amp; Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2010-04-06)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e376\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780771035302\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e340.2\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.35 x 13.21 x 1.78\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the world’s great short story writers emerges with a selection of stories  from her past, a trove of hidden treasures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mavis Gallant moved from Montreal to  Paris in 1950 to write short stories for a living. Since then she has continued to  write, producing a remarkable body of work. In 1993, Robertson Davies said, “She  has written many short stories. My calculation suggests that she has written in this  form at least the equivalent of twenty novels.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Many of her stories have been anthologized,  notably in the 1996 classic \u003ci\u003eSelected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, from which hundreds of pages had to  be cut for reasons of length.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These “embarrassment of riches” are restored  in this collection, along with many other neglected treasures from her past. Arranged  in the order in which they appeared, they shed light on people living through most  of the second half of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More important, they show one of the greatest  short story writers of our time at work, delineating a series of worlds with dramatic  flair, dazzlingly precise language, a wicked wit, and a vivid understanding of the  human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eMAVIS GALLANT was born in Quebec, Canada, in 1922. She began her career as a journalist, before switching to fiction in 1950. She moved to Paris a decade later, and spent the rest of her life there. She published 116 stories in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e over the course of her career; additionally, she wrote two novels, a play, and a collection of essays. A recipient of the 2002 Rea Award for the Short Story, Gallant was also awarded the 2004 PEN\/Nabokov Award for lifetime achievement and the Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction. She was named Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981, and in 1993 she was promoted to Companion of the Order. She died in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554727153825,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780771035302","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780771035302.jpg?v=1781775915","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/going-ashore-paperback-by-mavis-gallant","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}