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Naples is Closed
Barry Unsworth
‘Naples had always been high on the list of places I wanted to visit‘.
Granta 166: Generations Online
Generation Gap
‘We meet at various points in the great swathes of the past that neither of us were alive to witness.’
Allen Bratton on a daytrip to a castle with his older boyfriend.
Generation Gap
‘Listening to three white poets, whom I suspect are academics, talk about the state of poetry.’
Oluwaseun Olayiwola eavesdrops on an older generation.
Generation Gap
‘I’d been dubious about his company at first.’
Sarah Moss on watching Shakespeare with her twelve-year-old son.
Generation Gap
‘She didn’t trust us because, to her, tenants were like children.’
Kate Zambreno on negotiating with her older landlady.
Generation Gap
‘A moment now swallowed in embarrassment, I asked a question only a young person might ask an older one.’
Lynne Tillman on trying to understand what makes a generation.
Barry Unsworth
Barry Unsworth’s novels include Morality Play (Hamish Hamilton/Nan Talese) and Sacred Hunger (Penguin/W W Norton), which was joint winner of the Booker Prize in 1992. His most recent novel is Land of Marvels (2009).
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