Two Gallants (short story) Two Gallants (short story) "Two Gallants" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." It tells the story of two Irishmen who are frustrated with their lack of achievement in life and rely on the exploitation of others to live. Joyce considered the story to be one of the most important in "Dubliners." The London house of Grant Richards agreed to publish "Dubliners" in 1905, but there were printing complications and concerns of obscenity. One of the stories with passages in question was “Two Gallants.” Joyce questions Richard's reluctance to publish by asking "Is it
Pastoralia (short story collection) Pastoralia (short story collection) Pastoralia is short story writer George Saunders’s second full length short story collection, published in 2000. The collection received highly positive reviews from book critics and was ranked the fifth-greatest book of the 2000s by literary magazine "The Millions". The book consists of stories that appeared (sometimes in different forms) in "The New Yorker"; most of the stories were O. Henry Award Prize Stories. The collection was a "New York Times" Notable Book for 2001. "Pastoralia" received general acclaim from book critics. Chris Lehmann of Salon praised its relevance, calling Saunders a "master of distilling the