Granta 142: Animalia (Granta: The Magazine of New Writing) - Softcover

Rausing, Sigrid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909889121 ISBN 13: 9781909889125

Publisher: Granta Magazine, 2018

Synopsis

animal (noun): 'Any such living organism other than a human being' human being (noun): 'A man, woman, or child of the species Homo sapiens, distinguished from other animals by superior mental development, power of articulate speech, and upright stance' LOLcat (noun): 'A photograph of a cat accompanied by a humorous caption written typically in a misspelled and grammatically incorrect version of English' Fiction: Steven Dunn, Cormac James, Ben Lasman, Christina Wood Martinez, Yoko Tawada, Joy Williams, Nell Zink Non-Fiction: Nadeem Aslam, John Connell, Diane Cook, Cal Flyn, Adam Foulds, Rebecca Giggs, Arnon Grunberg, Aman Sethi Plus: Ben Crane, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Adam Nicolson, Dbc Pierre, Christine Schutt, Esther Woolfson, Evie Wyld Poetry: Emily Critchley, Dorothea Lasky, Ko Ko Thett Photography: Britta Jaschinski, Elliot Ross, introduced by Alexander Macleod, Helge Skodvin, introduced by Ned Beauman

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"A stunning contribution to contemporary literature" - Newsweek

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From the Back Cover:

Animals. We love and care for them as pets, we weave them into our myths and fables and then we breed them under conditions of terrible cruelty just so we can eat them cheaply. As new developments in research into animal cognition force us to concede fewer characteristics separating us from our neighbouring species, this issue of Granta asks writers, poets and photographers to consider the complex ways we interact with the animal kingdom.
Han Kang meditates on canaries; Arnon Grunberg investigates the bloody business of slaughterhouses; Rebecca Giggs on leeches and the weather; Anjan Sundaram celebrates the life of a Rwandan 'hero chicken'; John Connell moves back home to his parents' farm.
With new fiction from Ben Lasman, Yoko Tawada and Nell Zink and new poetry from Ko Ko Thett.

About this edition

• Publisher: Granta Magazine
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1909889121
• ISBN 13: 9781909889125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248