With remarkable perception, Gallant weaves stories of intricate simplicity and spare complexity. With irony and an unfailing eye for telling detail, she cannily observes the illusions that people necessarily create and destroy in the tangle of life.
Eleven short stories: 1933, The chosen husband, From cloud to cloud, Florida, Dédé, Kingdom come, Across the bridge, Forain, A state of affairs, Mlle. Dias de Corta, and The Fenton Child.