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Granta 111: Going Back

by John Freeman (Editor)

Other authors: Leila Aboulela (Contributor), Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche (Contributor), Nicholas Christopher (Contributor), Hal Crowther (Contributor), Janine Di Giovanni (Contributor)11 more, Colin Grant (Contributor), Seamus Heaney (Contributor), Elizabeth McCracken (Contributor), Iris Murdoch (Contributor), Joseph O'Neill (Contributor), Peter Orner (Contributor), Adrienne Rich (Contributor), Richard Russo (Contributor), Ian Teh (Contributor), Mark Twain (Contributor), Claire Vaye Watkins (Contributor)

Series: Granta (111)

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We all go back: to the house or town where we were raised, to an old friend or lover, to an idea or belief we abandoned long ago. But can we ever trust our memories? And what if it still proves impossible to return?In this latest issue of Granta, writers meditate on these essential questions from an exciting array of vantage points. Richard Russo returns home to Gloversville, NY, the dying upstate town which once made one out of every three pairs of gloves in the world - and is now on the verge of extinction. Janine di Giovanni revisits Bosnia and the children she met there during the conflict of the early nineties.The issue will feature new fiction by up-and-coming writer Claire Vaye Watkins, a blistering critique, by American essayist Hal Crowther, of the internet's erosion of solitude, and a new story set in contemporary Lagos by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.… (more)
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Best: Ian Teh's shocking portrait of Chinese landscapes
Worst: Hal Crowther's wilfully ill-informed rant against the internet - embarassing then, even more so now.
  sometimeunderwater | Jun 16, 2024 |
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Freeman, JohnEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Aboulela, LeilaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Adiche, Chimamanda NgoziContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Christopher, NicholasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crowther, HalContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Di Giovanni, JanineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Grant, ColinContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Heaney, SeamusContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McCracken, ElizabethContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Murdoch, IrisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
O'Neill, JosephContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Orner, PeterContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rich, AdrienneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Russo, RichardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Teh, IanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Twain, MarkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Watkins, Claire VayeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed

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  • Property / Elizabeth McCracken
  • Lino / Colin Grant
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We all go back: to the house or town where we were raised, to an old friend or lover, to an idea or belief we abandoned long ago. But can we ever trust our memories? And what if it still proves impossible to return?In this latest issue of Granta, writers meditate on these essential questions from an exciting array of vantage points. Richard Russo returns home to Gloversville, NY, the dying upstate town which once made one out of every three pairs of gloves in the world - and is now on the verge of extinction. Janine di Giovanni revisits Bosnia and the children she met there during the conflict of the early nineties.The issue will feature new fiction by up-and-coming writer Claire Vaye Watkins, a blistering critique, by American essayist Hal Crowther, of the internet's erosion of solitude, and a new story set in contemporary Lagos by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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