Paris Stories (New York Review Books Classics)
“Often, her fiction drew its energy from contradictory qualities: her stories were minutely observed but also suspenseful, matter-of-fact but also fanciful, reportorial but also imaginative. They were broad-minded, and so felt real…it feels as concrete as anything you might read in the newspaper or see with your own eyes. Gallant had a rare gift: a solid imagination.” —The New Yorker "Ms. Hellier [owner of the English language Village Voice bookstore on Paris's Left  Bank] said if she were to recommend one work of fiction set in Paris, it would beParis Storiesby Mavis Gallant,a collection of short stories by the Canadian-born  writer who long wrote forThe New Yorker." --The New York Times