Granta 65: London
by Ian Jack (ed.) | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0903141264 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0903141264 Global Overview for this book
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Fiction, reportage, memoir and photography about London by, for example, Hanif Kureishi, Will Self, Helen Simpson, Julian Barnes and Doris Lessing.
Glad I finally got round to reading this collection, bought while I lived in the UK from 1998 to 2002.
As always with anthologies, I liked some of it a lot and some not so much. My favourites were the stories by Ian Parker, Dale Peck, Will Self, Lucretia Stewart and Philip Hensher. I love reading about places I've been to, particularly if I know them well, I suppose because I can see the locations in my mind's eye. Will Self's account of living in and out of London - and returning there in the end - made me want to go back too (but then, I'm always dreaming of moving back there one of these days!).
I also loved Martin Rowson's maps of literary London and some of the photography was excellent too.
As always with anthologies, I liked some of it a lot and some not so much. My favourites were the stories by Ian Parker, Dale Peck, Will Self, Lucretia Stewart and Philip Hensher. I love reading about places I've been to, particularly if I know them well, I suppose because I can see the locations in my mind's eye. Will Self's account of living in and out of London - and returning there in the end - made me want to go back too (but then, I'm always dreaming of moving back there one of these days!).
I also loved Martin Rowson's maps of literary London and some of the photography was excellent too.
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Surprise RABCK to a London lover. Hope you'll enjoy this!
Surprise RABCK to a London lover. Hope you'll enjoy this!
Thank you, Annimanni! Such a lovely surprise!
