1. On this day of Canada triumphant, a few thoughts on Mavis Gallant (1922-2014), one of our greatest writers.
8. Europeans see each other through haze of nationalism; it took North Americans to see Europe as a coherent cultural entity.
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9. Gallant became a European in way that only someone born outside continent could: she habituated herself to several national traditions.
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10. Remarkable thing about Gallant is that when writing about France or Germany or Switzerland she never seems a tourist or outsider.
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@HeerJeet But that is, arguably, only in their relation to North America.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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