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Alan Bray
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
This Is the End, My Only Friend
The ending of The Moslem Wife tells us what the story is about—the point—if you will. We talked last week about how the style of the...
Alan Bray
- Dec 31, 2020
- 4 min
Stylin’
What is the style of The Moslem Wife? By way of review, fictional style can be thought of as the implied author, an entity who mediates...
Alan Bray
- Dec 24, 2020
- 3 min
Startling Developments
From the outset, the Narrator entity of The Moslem Wife expresses cutting judgements of the characters, skewering their vanities and...
Alan Bray
- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
The Moslem Wife
A new story this week, dear friends, The Moslem Wife by Mavis Gallant, first published in The New Yorker in 1976. The story is included...