Abstract
Mavis Gallant is one of the preeminent short story writers in the English language today. Canadian born, Mrs. Gallant has been living in Europe since 1950. Critics and fellow writers alike acclaim her stories for their economy of expression, yet richness of detail and texture. She evokes not only a fully developed personal setting for her characters, but completes their world by placing them in a sensitively observed political and social context. Many of her stories have been collected in seven volumes of short fiction, while new stories continue to appear regularly in the New Yorker. Home Truths, a collection of short stories about Canadians, won the 1981 Governor General's Award for Fiction. Luc and His Father won the 1984 New Press Award.