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Granta Magazine 74: Confessions of a Middle-Aged Ecstasy Eater
Granta Magazine 74 Confessions of a MiddleAged Ecstasy Eater Author:Ian Jack (Editor), Kerry Fried (Editor) In the latest issue of the magazine that Vogue called the pinnacle of literary and political writing, a celebrated writer makes an anonymous confession and defends a habit: his son supplies him with Ecstasy. Nicholas Shakespeare discovers the evil of his ancestors, Alexander Stille examines the godlike role of poets in Somalia, and David Feuer w... more »rites on trying -- and failing -- to be a shrink in a Hasidic community. Also included is new fiction from A. M. Holmes and Judith Hermann.
Contents:
Confessions of a middle-aged ecstasy eater / Anonymous --
Under the surface / Andrew Brown --
Thailand / Haruki Murakami --
The Andes of Martin Chambi / Amanda Hopkinson and Martín Chambi --
This side of the Oder / Judith Hermann --
Tehran spring / Christopher de Bellaigue --
Let there be light! / David Feuer --
The Chinese lesson / A.M. Homes --
Kemp and Potter / Nicholas Shakespeare --
Our lives are only lent to us / Penelope Fitzgerald.« less