{"product_id":"9781497685079","title":"From the Fifteenth District","description":"\u003cb\u003eEven as we grow and change, the consequences of what we have left behind often linger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mavis Gallant has a unique talent for distilling the sense of otherness one feels abroad into something tangible and utterly understandable. In this collection, she relates the stories of those stranded in relationships, places, and even times in which they don’t belong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In “The Moslem Wife” a woman is entrusted to look after a hotel in France when her husband is trapped in America after the breakout of World War II. As the situation progresses, the two grow in surprising and profound ways. In another tale, a German prisoner of war is released from France and returns home to a mother whose personality has been as irrevocably changed by the war as his has. In one of the most poignant entries, Gallant follows the life of a Holocaust survivor, illustrating how his experiences tint his outlook on life forty years later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With its wide breadth of subject matter and the author’s characteristic way with nuance, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Fifteenth District \u003c\/i\u003eis classic Mavis Gallant.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126888022256,"sku":"9781497685079","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781497685079_p0.jpg?v=1763703162","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781497685079","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}