New Writing on Granta.com
Fiction|The Online Edition
Some Rivers Meet
James Clarke
‘What a thing it must be to lose your marbles on your own, with not even enough milk in the fridge for a proper brew.’
Fiction by James Clarke.
Fiction|The Online Edition
The White Dress
Nathalie Léger
Translated by Natasha Lehrer
‘I am only trying to understand what she wanted to do: did she really think that a dress with a train could erase the horror?’
Nathalie Léger, translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer.
Fiction|The Online Edition
City of Pigs
David Hayden
‘I have heard there is a city of pigs thirty miles from our city. I imagine it is only a farm. I cannot imagine a city of pigs.’
New fiction by David Hayden.
Fiction|The Online Edition
Malliga Homes
Sindya Bhanoo
Winner of the Disquiet Prize for Fiction 2020.
Essays & Memoir|Granta Books
The Medical Detective
Sandra Hempel
An extract from Sandra Hempel’s The Medical Detective, which follows the story of the man who identified – and helped stop – the cholera pandemic of the 1830s.
Granta 150: There Must Be Ways to Organise the World with Language
Winter 2020
‘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.
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News, Prizes and Events
Frans de Waal wins PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
Frans de Waal’s Mama’s Last Hug, has won the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, exemplifying literary excellence on the subject of biological science.
Bruno Fert shortlisted for the Amnesty Media Awards
Bruno Fert’s photoessay ‘Refuge’ is one of four finalists in the photojournalism category of the Amnesty Media Awards.
Mbozi Haimbe, Kikuko Tsumura and Polly Barton win the 2020 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
Kikuko Tsumura’s story ‘The Water Tower and the Turtle’, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton, and Mbozi Haimbe’s story ‘Madam’s Sister’ are both winning stories.
Recommended Reading
The Spread
Ben Lerner
‘He began to feel less like he was delivering a speech and more like a speech was delivering him.’
Read an extract from Ben Lerner’s latest novel, The Topeka School.
10 Schools of Philosophy that should be better known (in the West)
Julian Baggini
The author of How The World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy explains ten of the most overlooked philosophies from around the world.
On High Heels and Lotus Feet
Summer Brennan
Summer Brennan on high heels, foot-binding, and our ongoing performances of gender.
Notes on a Suicide
Rana Dasgupta
‘The problem was that, for the most part, it did not matter how widely broadcast your discontent was: no one cared.’
Rana Dasgupta on digital celebrity and a suicide in the banlieues of Paris.
How many people are going to die from COVID-19?
A team of statisticians tries to answer the question: Of those people who become infected by Covid-19, how many will die?
