About the Author:
Mavis Gallant (1922-2014) is one of the great prose writers of the twentieth century, publishing well over a hundred short stories in The New Yorker along with many collections of short fiction, two novels, essays, and the play WHAT IS TO BE DONE? Her many national and international honours include the Governor General's Award for Fiction, the PEN Nabokov Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and the Prix David. She was born in Montreal, moved to Ontario and later to New York City, returning at the age of eighteen to Montreal, where she worked briefly for the National Film Board and as a journalist for The Standard newspaper. In 1950 she moved to Europe and spent most of her life in Paris.
Review:
-Gallant's knack for vivid detail is as assured here as it is in her most polished fiction. She's a sharp social critic, with a gift for pinpointing sham.- - Martin Knelman, Saturday Night-Ambitious, invigorating and blessed with a quirky rhythm which continually employs indirection to find direction out. Its generous servings of language are especially appreciated.- - Mark Czarnecki, Maclean's-Her fine ear for Canadian dialogue, her observations on Canadian society and her attunement to the Canadian sense of humour place Gallant firmly among the finest English Canadian writers. What Is To Be Done? is a continual delight.- - Patrick O'Neill, Atlantis
"Gallant's knack for vivid detail is as assured here as it is in her most polished fiction. She's a sharp social critic, with a gift for pinpointing sham." - Martin Knelman, Saturday Night"Ambitious, invigorating and blessed with a quirky rhythm which continually employs indirection to find direction out. Its generous servings of language are especially appreciated." - Mark Czarnecki, Maclean's"Her fine ear for Canadian dialogue, her observations on Canadian society and her attunement to the Canadian sense of humour place Gallant firmly among the finest English Canadian writers. What Is To Be Done? is a continual delight." - Patrick O'Neill, Atlantis
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