| Granta 150: There Must Be Ways to Organise the World with Language Contributor(s): Rausing, Sigrid (Author) |
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ISBN: 190988930X ISBN-13: 9781909889309 Publisher: Granta Magazine OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Series: Magazine of New Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" (0.78 lbs) 256 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 'There must be ways to organise the world with language.' From 'Binyavanga' by Pwaangulongii Dauod The English language is like London, a cluster of myriad villages, each with its own atmosphere and particular cadences. This issue - our 150th - celebrates language, showcasing some of the most inventive writers of fiction today. 'There must be ways to organise the world with language.' From 'Binyavanga' by Pwaangulongii Dauod The English language is like London, a cluster of myriad villages, each with its own atmosphere and particular cadences. This issue - our 150th - celebrates language, showcasing some of the most inventive writers of fiction today. Sidik Fofana 'The Young Entrepreneurs of Miss Bristol's Front Porch' Amy Leach 'How to Count Like a Pro' Mazen Maarouf 'The Story of Anya' Carmen Maria Machado 'The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror' Tommi Parrish 'An Instrument of Pure Motion' Che Yeun 'Yena' Photographer Michael Collins chronicles his mother's life following a series of strokes, Oliver Bullough investigates the invention of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands, Andrew O'Hagan visits Carolyn, Neal Cassady's widow. Plus: Pwaangulongii Dauod's eulogy for the late Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina. Poetry: Jack Underwood and Jay G. Ying Photography: Noriko Hayashi, and Ian Willms introduced by Adam FouldsSidik Fofana 'The Young Entrepreneurs of Miss Bristol's Front Porch' Amy Leach 'How to Count Like a Pro' Mazen Maarouf 'The Story of Anya' Carmen Maria Machado 'The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror' Tommi Parrish 'An Instrument of Pure Motion' Che Yeun 'Yena' Photographer Michael Collins chronicles his mother's life following a series of strokes, Oliver Bullough investigates the invention of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands, Andrew O'Hagan visits Carolyn, Neal Cassady's widow. Plus: Pwaangulongii Dauod's eulogy for the late Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina. Poetry: Jack Underwood and Jay G. Ying Photography: Noriko Hayashi, and Ian Willms introduced by Adam Foulds |
Contributor Bio(s): Rausing, Sigrid: - Sigrid Rausing is Editor and Publisher of Granta magazine and Publisher of Granta and Portobello Books. She is the author of History, Memory and Identity in Post-Soviet Estonia: The End of a Collective Farm and the memoirs Everything is Wonderful and Mayhem. |