{"product_id":"granta-176","title":"Granta #176","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e145 x 210 mm, 288 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor: \u003c\/strong\u003eThomas Meaney\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesign:\u003c\/strong\u003e Daniela Silva \u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sigrid Rausing\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom Nobel laureates to debut novelists, international translations to investigative journalism, each themed issue of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e turns the attention of the world’s best writers on to one aspect of the way we live now. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘American Berserk’ is the theme of this issue, an ambiguous yet seemingly perennial force defined by editor Thomas Meaney as ‘a stringent will to clear away the flotsam of the country—to bulldoze accumulated corruptions—and pave way for an idealised freedom.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeatured writers include novelist Mary Gaitskill, whose short story ‘Intercession’ follows a candid phone call between two friends, harnessing dark humour to explore the ominous theme at hand; writer and reporter John Jeremiah Sullivan recounts the calamitous confession of the ‘terrible truth’ revealed by the protagonist of his story set in a psychiatric ward; Rebecca Curtis portrays the plight of an anxious wife, juxtaposed by her scheming husband and his lofty plans to cull ‘the globe’s sapien-load’ to end global poverty; and \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKathryn Scanlan transforms the sounds of a neighbourhood into ‘strange poetry’. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eElsewhere, writer and journalist William T. Vollmann reports from Cuba, immortalising the local characters he encounters through a series of interviews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePlus, further contributions from the likes of Amie Barrodale, Halle Hill, Hansen Shi, Tao Lin, Antonia Hitchens, Frederick Seidel, Patricia Lockwood, Osdany Morales, Maggie Millner and Michael Robbins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/granta.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egranta.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"magCulture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45864713420909,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/7889\/files\/Screenshot2026-09-16at14.01.39_87dac2c9-c795-41b4-8381-2107cc4a0118.png?v=1789563730","url":"https:\/\/magculture.com\/products\/granta-176","provider":"magCulture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}