Granta

The First Twenty-One Years

• Author(s): Former Professor of English Ian Jack,
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Pages: 384
• ISBN_10: 186207464X
  ISBN_13: 9781862074644
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs , Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors) , Literary Collections / General , Literary Collections / Essays ,

Description:... Granta has established itself as the unchallenged venue for the best in contemporary fiction, memoir, reportage, and travel. This special anniversary issue presents 21 landmark works, one from each of the magazine’s 21 years. Included are pieces from such distinguished writers as Leonard Michaels, Raymond Carver, Tim Lott, Seamus Deane, Harold Pinter, Linda Grant, and Joy Williams. A selection from “The State of Europe: Christmas Eve, 1989” includes powerful individual writings by George Steiner, Stephen Spender, Isaiah Berlin, Noel Annan, Abraham Brumberg, and Gunter Kunert. Other contributors include Primo Levi, Salman Rushdie, Nadine Gordimer, Lorrie Moore, and Richard Ford.