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Overhead in a Balloon by Mavis Gallant is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Overhead in a Balloon about?
These twelve stories are set in Paris, Mavis Gallant’s adopted home, a city whose nuances she brings to life through a wide range of characters: squabbling writers, bewildered parents, scheming art dealers, beleaguered tenants, and feckless drifters. An artist’s widow proves more than a match for Sandor Speck, who hopes to make a name for himself with her late husband’s paintings. Literary rivals Prism and Grippes, the protégés of a rich, misguided American patron, battle across the years. And i
Who reads Overhead in a Balloon?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Mavis Gallant
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781551996301
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, World Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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