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Granta 162: Definitive Narratives of Escape
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary arts and culture, literary essays, and narrative non-fiction that delve into complex human experiences and global issues.
Our winter issue is themed around loss and escape - emotional, physical and historical.
The pieces in this issue of Granta touch on themes of escape and loss, from Roger Reeves's essay about how to tell, and understand, stories of slavery now, to Annie Ernaux on what affairs can help us bear.
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Our winter issue features Raymond Antrobus on performer Johnnie Ray, Marina Benjamin on playing professional blackjack, Chanelle Benz on searching for a homeland, Annie Ernaux (translated by Alison L. Strayer) on what affairs can help us bear, Richard Eyre on his grandfathers, Des Fitzgerald on losing his brother, Caspar Henderson on the sounds in space, Amitava Kumar on India today, Emily LaBarge on PTSD, Michael Moritz on antisemitism in Wales, TaraShea Nesbit on coping with a miscarriage, Roger Reeves on visiting a former site of slavery, and Xiao Yue Shan on Iceland.
Granta 162: Definitive Narratives of Escape will include fiction by Carlos Fonseca (translated by Megan McDowell), Maylis de Kerangal (translated by Jessica Moore) and Catherine Lacey, as well as photography by Kalpesh Lathigra, in conversation with Granta, Cian Oba-Smith, introduced by Gary Younge, and Aaron Schuman, introduced by Sigrid Rausing. Plus, a poem by Peter Gizzi.
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Observer calls it "Still the coolest magazine to have on your coffee table," while Newsweek praises it as "A stunning contribution to contemporary literature."
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ISBN: 9781909889538
Publisher: Granta Magazine
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 February 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Magazine
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 145.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 365g
Pages: 232
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About the Author
Sigrid Rausing is Editor and Publisher of Granta magazine and Publisher of Granta Books. She is the author of History, Memory and Identity in Post-Soviet Estonia and the memoirs Everything Is Wonderful and Mayhem.
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