Granta 82: Lifes Like That

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Granta 82: Lifes Like That
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Granta
By (author) Ian Jack
SeriesGranta: The Magazine of New Writing
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 147
Category/GenreAnthologies
ISBN/Barcode 9780903141604
ClassificationsDewey:808.8
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 40 illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Granta Books
Imprint Granta Books
Publication Date 1 July 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Like what, exactly? Like always ready to surprise you on the stairs; like wishing you had only known; like wanting it to go on for rather longer. This issue of Granta contains lessons drawn from the muddle of experience. With: Lynn Barber on the conman who seduced her, and then her parents Kathryn Chetkovich on living with envy, bred by a partner who is more successful than she is Simon Gray on smoking, absent friends, getting old, smoking, and why Gary Cooper walked the way he did Graham Robb on how we tried to spot homosexuality, in ourselves and others. And in fiction: Nell Freudenberger: the tutor's story J. Robert Lennon: look what the cat brought home (sex) Jayne Anne Phillips: the Termite's birthday and Paul Murray Plus: 'The Steam People' , a picture essay by Robin Grierson on the glorious machines of old England, and their lovers.

Author Biography

Ian Jack edited Granta from 1995 to 2007, having previously edited the Independent on Sunday. He has written on many subjects, including the Titanic, Kathleen Ferrier, the Hatfield train crash and the three members of the IRA active-service unit who were killed on Gibraltar. He is the editor of The Granta Book of Reportage and The Granta Book of India, and the author of a collection of journalism, The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain. He lives in London and now writes for the Guardian.