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← Back to all issuesGranta 96: War Zones
Winter 2006
Wars change their nature, but states and people continue to pursue the ancient aims of conquest, security, justice and revenge. This issue includes fiction by David Peace and Elif Shafak and non-fiction from A.M. Homes, Brian Thompson and James Buchan.
From this Issue
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War Zones: Introduction
Ian Jack
‘Feelings of hate and despair dwindle as they pass down the generations.’
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The Limeroom
John Burnside
‘I was discovering this deep reserve of patience I never knew I had, and I was surprised at how rich it was.’
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The Courthouse
Tahmima Anam
‘If I had known it would put a continent between me and my children I would have killed that map-maker myself.’
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Operation Gomorrah
Marione Ingram
‘We hadn't progressed very far when we began to see bodies.’
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Tokyo Year Zero
David Peace
‘The song, the voice, and the heat; men on their knees, heads in hands, sobbing and now howling.’
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The Little Museum of Memory
Mark Slouka
‘Maybe they're worried that their absence will be noticed. Maybe they just want to come home.’
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Thank God We’ve Got A Navy
Brian Thompson
‘Today it is usual—especially among those who have never faced conscription—to describe national service as time wasted, even an offence against civil liberties in some sinister way.’
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Like An Episode of L.A. Law
A.M. Homes
‘Could you please repeat for the record your name?’
