Mavis Gallant’s “The Accident” (1967)

2018-08-14T18:29:52-04:00

It’s as if Billy, from “The End of the World”, had heard the tragic story of Shirley and Pete Higgins and used it to justify his reluctance to leave Canada. Unlike Billy, Shirley and Pete were thrilled to honeymoon in Europe, thrilled by all the ordinary things made extraordinary

Mavis Gallant’s “The Accident” (1967)2018-08-14T18:29:52-04:00

Australian Women Writers Challenge 2018

2018-08-01T13:53:16-04:00

"The AWW challenge was set up to help overcome gender bias in the reviewing of books by Australian women. The challenge encourages avid readers and book bloggers, male and female, living in or outside Australia, to read and review books by Australian women throughout the year. You don’t have

Australian Women Writers Challenge 20182018-08-01T13:53:16-04:00

Mazo de la Roche’s Jalna (1927)

2024-07-19T13:30:30-04:00

This post is published to coincide with the anniversary of the author’s death. She died in her home in Toronto on July 12, 1961, where she had written the final Jalna book, Centenary at Jalna. Even though I deliberately chose a story-order reading, over a publication-order

Mazo de la Roche’s Jalna (1927)2024-07-19T13:30:30-04:00

Louise Erdrich’s The Round House (2012)

2018-06-20T17:21:57-04:00

“Those assholes again? Nah, he said. So I knew his aunt or Elwin had done it.” Violence permeates Joe’s life. It simmers beneath the surface of every single day. But in The Round House it erupts, nearly eclipses every other aspect of life for awhile. Something happens to his

Louise Erdrich’s The Round House (2012)2018-06-20T17:21:57-04:00

Mavis Gallant’s “O Lasting Peace”

2018-08-03T10:34:34-04:00

After William Maxwell retired from The New Yorker, he reread all the stories by the authors he had published; after rereading Mavis Gallant’s “The Pegnitz Junction”, he wrote her to apologize for not having published it in full. "'He wrote 'my mind must have been out for lunch.' What

Mavis Gallant’s “O Lasting Peace”2018-08-03T10:34:34-04:00
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