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France · Short stories

Overhead in a Balloon

Mavis Gallant

Interconnected short stories vividly capture Paris.

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Real photographs, resized and cropped in the layout: Paris, Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0 · Amalfi, Bruno Rijsman, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kyoto, Tom Maisey, CC BY 2.0 · Mumbai skyline at night, © Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 · Photo: Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, Monterrey · Pietermaritzburg savanna, Gossipguy; light adjustment by Fährtenleser, CC BY-SA 3.0. CC BY 2.0 · CC BY 4.0 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · CC BY-SA 3.0.

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