"Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along. Read one. Shut the book. Read something else. Come back later. Stories can wait" - Mavis Gallant. In 1950, "The New Yorker" accepted one of Mavis Gallant's short stories for publica[...]

Douglas Gibson, arguably the editor behind Canada's greatest literary talents, is a terrific storyteller himself. Through his recollections we get an inside view of Canadian politics and publishing that rarely gets told, from Jack Hodgins' Vancouver Island to Harold Horwood's Labrador, from Alice Mu[...]

I nio skimrande berättelser förlagda till olika platser runtom i Europa under andra världskrigets efterdyningar får vi möta kvinnor och män som utvandrat och kommit vilse, förhållanden som blivit fransiga i kanterna, och liv som efter snedsteg på snedsteg hamnat i gråzonen mellan illusion [...]