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Granta 107 (Granta Paperback – January 1, 2009
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- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2009
- Dimensions5.71 x 0.79 x 8.27 inches
- ISBN-101905881118
- ISBN-13978-1905881116
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- Publisher : Granta Books (January 1, 2009)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1905881118
- ISBN-13 : 978-1905881116
- Item Weight : 14.9 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.71 x 0.79 x 8.27 inches
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John Freeman is the editor of Freeman's, a literary biannual of new writing, and executive editor of Lit Hub. His books include "How to Read a Novelist" and "The Tyranny of E-mail," as well as "Tales of Two Cities," an anthology of new writing about inequality in New York City today. "Maps," his debut collection of poems, was published in 2017. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has appeared in "The New Yorker," "The Paris Review," and "The New York Times." The former editor of Granta, he teaches writing at The New School and is Writer in Residence at New York University.
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At least three of the pieces would fit well into the theme of "slightly irrational females"! Lionel Shriver acknowledges her own irrational love of a piece of sculpture that she produced, while Jackie Kay's fictional piece about a woman imagining herself as a reality TV chef is well written. Then there's Mary Gaitskill's long musings which reveal a slightly worrying depth of feeling towards not only a lost kitten, but also to two children who are not hers in the first place. The loss of a pet I can understand, but she does seem slightly too attached to children who aren't her own - albeit with the very best of intentions! It is however an interesting musing on coping with and scales of loss.
One of the strongest pieces is Rana Dasgupta's intelligent comment on the rise of the super-rich in India which is a brilliant piece of writing. I was also impressed with Kenzaburo Oe's Rules of Tagame which is taken from his novel Changeling and which looks well worth checking out. Once more in this piece there are issues of loss. Death is again in evidence in Terrence Holt's medical story. I also enjoyed Mitch Epstein's photo-journalism piece on American Power - as in energy rather than economic or military might, while Rupert Thompson's extract from his memoir This Party's Got to Stop is also sad and moving and fits well as a shortened piece.
All this plus Will Self on JG Ballard and Javier Marias on the link between planes and boats in terms of personality. All in all a very good collection.