{"product_id":"montreal-standard-time-the-early-journalism-of-mavis-gallant-9781550656701","title":"Montreal Standard Time: The Early Journalism of Mavis Gallant","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bill Richardson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vehicule Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vehicule Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Journalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMontreal Standard Time is drawn from Mavis Gallant's columns in The Montreal Standard during her six-year tenure at the newspaper, beginning in 1944, when she was 22. Gallant reported on an extraordinary range of subjects: labour issues, mining, existentialism, immigration, comedy, mercy killings, feminism, and suffrage. Her journalism is peopled by a rich cast of characters: writers, painters, politicians, criminals, street kids, war brides, refugees, and unwed mothers. Eighty years after they first saw the light, the columns remain as fresh as ever. Written with a precision, flair, and wit that would become her trademark, Montreal Standard Time is journalism of the first order. Taken together, the pieces create a remarkable portrait of Montreal in the eventful years during and after WW2, and of a young woman, fiercely independent and politically active, making her way through it. The book also corrects a long-standing gap in the Gallant oeuvre. Her earliest reporting from The Montreal Standard has never circulated or appeared in book form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vehicule Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411381739671,"sku":"9781550656701","price":1879.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781550656701.webp?v=1768583523","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/montreal-standard-time-the-early-journalism-of-mavis-gallant-9781550656701","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}