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Introduction
Rana Dasgupta
‘We cherish communion, exchange and intercourse, of course, but also distance, seclusion and defence. Talk of membranes, therefore, is never entirely literal.’
Introduction
Sigrid Rausing
‘We take our theme from Pwaangulongii Dauod’s remarkable eulogy to the late Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina.’
Editor Sigrid Rausing introduces Granta’s 150th issue.
Introduction
Sigrid Rausing
‘But soon everything that had felt so tragic and dramatic to begin with – thousands of people ill and dying, the great pause, the intense dreams, the solidarity clapping – came to feel normal.’
Jaan Kaplinski | On Europe
Jaan Kaplinski
‘For European thinkers, defining things has always been a serious hobby.’
Jaan Kaplinski on Europe.
Japanese Wives
Noriko Hayashi
‘Every time I remember that moment, I can’t help but cry. I was only twenty-one years old.’
A photoessay by Noriko Hayashi.
Jem Calder | Notes on Craft
Jem Calder
‘I wrote in the address bar of my web browser, in spreadsheet cells, in emails I addressed to myself.’ Jem Calder on writing fiction at his day job.
Kōbō Abe
Thomas McMullan
‘Against the immensity of things, look at what you can grasp, he seems to say. Grasp it tightly.’
Thomas McMullan on the writing of Kōbō Abe.
La Ville Morte
Benjamín Labatut
‘When the day came, even the nuns lay down inside the walls of their cloister.’
Labirinto
Wiktoria Wojciechowska & Lisa Halliday
‘But only a city without people is immune. Only a city in which nothing circulates, nothing changes hands, nothing flourishes.’
Lisa Halliday introduces the photography of Wiktoria Wojciechowska.
Laxmi
Anita Khemka & Rana Dasgupta
‘Anita’s documentation of Laxmi developed into what has become a lifelong friendship bound by photography.’
Rana Dasgupta introduces the photography of Anita Khemka.
Le Flottement
Janine di Giovanni
‘Their lives were halted in time, a predicament they accepted with grace, sometimes even with humor. They appeared to be floating.’
