Granta £10.99
Granta 101, ed Jason Cowley
Sunday 04 May 2008
Latest in Reviews
Related articles
This is Granta magazine's usual stimulating mix of quality fiction and non-fiction. Highlights include Ruth Franklin's erudite exploration of the world of the nightmare; Andrew Hussey's long essay "The Paris Intifada", on the alienated, anti-semitic population of the Paris banlieu; Rick Moody's story "Videos of the Dead", about an archive of videos of people filmed shortly before they died; Tim Lott's forensic and psychologically acute analysis of the murder of the literary agent Rod Hall; Annie Proulx's short story "Family Man", a bitterly comic account of life in an old folk's home; and a spectacular photo-essay by Gautier Deblonde, "The Arctic Circle".
It differs from previous issues in being unthemed. The only thing that links these disparate pieces is that all are new, readable and thought-provoking. A lucky dip with no booby prizes, this would be ideal to pack in a travelling bag. It would enliven the dullest hotel room, or make the most tedious journey slip swiftly by.
- 1 BANNED: The most controversial films
- 2 Spotify: 1 million plays, £108 return
- 3 Six Grammys, five years off: Adele puts love before career
- 4 Rich art collectors 'know the price of everything – and the value of nothing'
- 5 Adam Riches: A comedian who strikes fear into his audience
- 6 Mona Lisa's 'twin sister' is discovered – 500 years late
- 7 The artist vandalising advertising with poetry
- 1 Spotify: 1 million plays, £108 return
- 2 How Koscielny became prince of the Emirates
- 3 Apple admits it has a human rights problem
- 4 Mark Steel: If religion is 'marginal', I'm the Pope
- 5 No secularism please, we're British
- 6 Lightning kills an entire football team
- 7 Matthew Norman: There's always the Human Rights Act, Trevor
- 8 Special report: The hungry generation
- 9 I was born to be a killer. Every night I see the Devil in my dreams
- 10 Six Grammys, five years off: Adele puts love before career
Free trial of new Independent iPad app
Get your daily dose of the best of British journalism, sponsored by American Airlines
Win a three-week coastal jaunt
Spend three weeks exploring every nook and cranny of gorgeous Atlantic Canada.
Amazing restaurant offers
Three glasses of free champagne and a special menu at 46 top London restaurants.
Latest Independent competitions
Win anything from gadgets to five-star holidays on our competitions and offers page.
Commercial thought leaders
Watch the best in the business world give their insights into the world of business.
Career Services
Day In a Page
No secularism please, we're British



Comments