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← Back to all issuesGranta 111: Going Back
Summer 2010
We all go back: to the house or town where we were raised, to an old friend or lover, to an idea or belief we abandoned long ago. But can we ever trust our memories? And what if it still proves impossible to return?
From this Issue
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On Jupiter Place
Nicholas Christopher
‘I didn’t know who she was anymore / maybe I never did or could –’
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Dyke Bridge
Peter Orner
‘My brother and I in the knee-deep water, standing in the tidal current, under Dyke Bridge.’
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Losed
Joseph O’Neill
‘Late at night, we took an exit at Sharon and checked into a Holiday Inn.’
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Traces: China 1999–2010
Ian Teh
Image 1 of 42 1. 2008. Polluted river. Datong, Shanxi Province. Image 2 of 42...
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Lino
Colin Grant
‘It was a big news day. We were going to look for a piece of lino for the back room.’
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High and Dry
Richard Russo
‘What I’d noticed, actually, was that none of the men on the island were missing fingers.’
