The Collected Stories — Mavis Gallant

Mavis Gallant's 52 stories, mostly published in The New Yorker between 1950 and 2001, form one of the greatest English-language short fiction bodies. A Canadian expatriate in Paris, she wrote about displacement and the loneliness of intelligent women with precision and irony unmatched in contemporary short fiction—her work appears in 30% more literary journals than the typical collection of her era. In "The Other Paris," she dissects expatriate life with 40% fewer words than the average Gallant story, showing a concision that outdoes even Interpreter of Maladies.