From the Fifteenth District
Set in Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, the nine stories in this glittering collection reflect on the foibles and dilemmas of human relationships.
An English family goes to the south of France for the sake of the father’s health, and to get away from an England of rationing and poverty. A displaced person turned French soldier in Algeria now makes a living as an actor in Paris. A group of selfish English expatriates on the Italian Riviera are incredulous that Mussolini and the Germans may affect their lives. A great writer’s quiet widow blossoms in widowhood, to the surprise and alarm of her children, who send a ten-year-old grandson to Switzerland to keep her company one Christmas. Full of wry humour and penetrating insights, this is Mavis Gallant at her most unforgettable.
304 pages, 12 editions
English edition · First published 1979 by McClelland & Stewart · ISBN 9780735253384
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Editions
12 editions
English
- From the Fifteenth District · McClelland & Stewart · 2018 · ISBN 9780735253384 This page
- From the Fifteenth District: Stories · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 2014 · ISBN 9781497686182
- From the Fifteenth District · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 2014 · ISBN 9781322222912
- From the Fifteenth District · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 2014 · ISBN 9781497685079
- From the Fifteenth District · Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press) · 2014 · ISBN 9781497686144
- From the Fifteenth District · McClelland & Stewart · 2011 · ISBN 9781551996271
- From the Fifteenth District · McClelland & Stewart · 2001 · ISBN 9780771032936
- From the Fifteenth District: A Novella and Eight Short Stories · Macmillan of Canada · 1981 · ISBN 9780771595462
- From the Fifteenth District: A Novella and Eight Short Stories · Cape · 1980 · ISBN 9780224017923
- From the Fifteenth District: A Novella and Eight Short Stories · Random House · 1979 · ISBN 9780394507194
- From the Fifteenth District: A Novella and Eight Short Stories · Macmillan of Canada · 1979 · ISBN 9780770518134
- From the Fifteenth District · ISBN 9780840000675
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