Granta 75: Brief Encounters (The Magazine of New Writing)

Jack, Ian

ISBN 10: 0903141469 / ISBN 13: 9780903141468

Published by Granta Books, 2001

About this Item

Granta 75, Autumn 2001. Near fine condition. "In Granta 75: Brief Encounters, the Irish poet Richard Murphy recalls his meetings with remarkable men, including W.H. Auden, J. R. Ackerley, and Theodore Roethke ("Why are you always praising Robert Lowell? I'm as mad as he is!"); Michael Mewshaw at last runs into his hero, Anthony Burgess; and Norman Lewis anatomizes his short, confusing, and terrifying career as an amateur spy in 1930s Arabia. The issue also features outstanding new fiction by John McGahern, Anne Enright, Jackie Kay, Paul Theroux, and Adam Mars-Jones; Alexander Stille's encounter with Somali's premier poet; the neuropsychologist Paul Broks on the uncertain life of the brain; and Alex Majoli (in photographs) and James Hamilton-Paterson (in words) exploring the hidden world of seaports.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Granta 75: Brief Encounters (The Magazine of New Writing)
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0903141469
• ISBN 13: 9780903141468
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 13 ounces

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Synopsis

How do you cope with the great, if you yourself are not so great? Do you speak, do you listen, in the face of every difficulty do you try to please? The sensible thing to do is keep a diary. Irish poet Richard Murphy remembers his experiences with Auden, J.R. Ackerley and Theodore Roethke.