Adam Mars-Jones on Granta.com
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Everything Is Different in Your House
Adam Mars-Jones
‘At the end of the year, an ambulance brought Suseela home from hospital to die’.
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|Granta 104
Portrait of My Father
Adam Mars-Jones
‘I put my trophy on a high shelf, and at some stage laid it face down.’
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|Granta 104
|Granta 104
Blind Bitter Happiness
Adam Mars-Jones
‘Sheila was both a wanted and an unwanted child.’
|Granta 104
|Granta 104
Neighbours
Adam Mars-Jones
‘Terry and I entertained hundreds of couples over the years, and I don't think we were unusual.‘
|Granta 104
|Granta 104
Bears in Mourning
Adam Mars-Jones
‘When I think about it, it was terrible the way we behaved when Victor died. We behaved as if we were ashamed of him, or angry.’
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|Granta 104
Remission
Adam Mars-Jones
‘There's an awkward interval, when you're ill but not yet conditioned by illness.’
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|Granta 104
Slim
Adam Mars-Jones
‘My African family doesn't have the money for photographs. My African family may never even have seen a photograph.’
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|Granta 104
Weaning
Adam Mars-Jones
‘As he grew up he would drink, and likewise urinate, without embarrassment. Snacks, so long as they were light and informal, were liquids: casual and seemly.’
