Across the Bridge - Tapa dura

"There isn't a finer writer in the English language."-"Books in Canada""She is a very good writer indeed."-"The New York Times""Mavis Gallant is a marvellously clear-headed observer and a rare phrase-maker." -"Times Literary Supplement""Mavis Gallant writes some of the most superbly crafted and perceptive stories of our time."-"Globe and Mail""One of the best writers of our language, an artist who is above fad and fashion."-"Saturday Night""From the Hardcover edition."

This is a collection of short stories from the author of "In Transit, "Overhead in a Balloon" and "Paris Notebook". The first four stories feature the French-Canadian Carette family over three generations, while the other seven stories are set in Paris, where the author lived for many years.