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Granta 168: Significant Other

Fiction | Issue 168

Lígia

Victor Heringer

‘Today, three years after I befriended him to see him die, the idea of losing Sr Mendes has left me all mixed up.’

A short story by Victor Heringer, translated by James Young.

Fiction | Issue 168

Bitter North

Alexandra Tanner

‘Eight years in, Hal felt like another her, somehow.’

Fiction by Alexandra Tanner.

Art & Photography | Issue 168

The Weight of the Earth

Debmalya Ray Choudhuri & John-Baptiste Oduor

‘The presence of another person at the scene is suggested. The image invites you to imagine their position and to mentally assume it.’

Photography by Debmalya Ray Choudhuri, introduced by John-Baptiste Oduor.

Fiction | Issue 168

Armance

Fleur Jaeggy

‘I don’t think much of the very silly, even gullible, person that I am.’

Fiction by Fleur Jaeggy, translated by Gini Alhadeff.

Poetry | Issue 168

Three Mukhatabat

Najwan Darwish

‘He said to me: / Love led me / to pity my own self, / to grieve it / with a vertical grief.’

Poetry by Najwan Darwish. Translated from the Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid.

From the Archive

Essays & Memoir | Issue 14

Impertinent Daughters

Doris Lessing

‘She loved examinations, came first in class, adored mathematics, and was expected for a time to become a professional pianist.’

Doris Lessing on class structures and her Victorian mother.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 131

Pause

Mary Ruefle

‘Nothing can prepare you for this.’

Mary Ruefle on menopause.

Fiction | Issue 47

The Up Escalator

Bret Easton Ellis

‘I'm standing on the balcony of Martin's apartment in Westwood, holding a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other, and Martin comes towards me, rushes at me, and with both hands pushes me off the balcony'.

Fiction by Bret Easton Ellis.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Universal Mother

Momtaza Mehri

‘I turn to O’Connor’s music when I get tired of lying to myself. Her songs are allegorical free-falls. Spiritual chiaroscuros, even.’

Momtaza Mehri on Sinéad O’Connor.

In Conversation | Issue 166 padlock

A Good First Marriage is Luck

Sheila Heti & Phyllis Rose

‘Life is so difficult. It may take more than one creature to sustain one life.’

Sheila Heti in conversation with Phyllis Rose.

Poetry | Issue 162 padlock

Ecstatic Joy and Its Variants

Peter Gizzi

‘surely this is about water jetting from a spring, / a languid rafting with no particular destination’

Poetry by Peter Gizzi.

Fiction | Issue 111

Missing Out

Leila Aboulela

‘She had held the day up with pegs; not only her day but his too.’

Fiction by Leila Aboulela.

News, Prizes and Events

Prize

When I Sing, Mountains Dance and Chilean Poet Shortlisted for Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize

When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Sola (trans. Mara Faye Lethem) and Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra (trans. Megan McDowell) are both shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize.

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Our Share of Night Shortlisted for The Kitschies

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez (trans. Megan McDowell) is shortlisted for The Kitschies Red Tentacle award, awarded to speculative, sci-fi and fantasy novels.

Prize

I’m A Fan Wins a British Book Award

I'm A Fan by Sheena Patel wins the Book of the Year: Discover Award at the British Book Awards.