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Granta 117: Horror (Granta: The Magazine of New Writing)

Granta 117: Horror (Granta: The Magazine of New Writing)

by JohnFreeman (Editor)

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    Illustrated 2011

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All forms of horror - whether they begin in fright or disgust - involve an extraordinary confrontation. A surprise. In essays, reporting and short fiction, this issue of Granta will reveal the many ways we can be startled into horror.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 256
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Granta Magazine
Published: 27 Oct 2011
ISBN 10: 1905881363
ISBN 13: 9781905881369
Book Overview: The Horror issue features original cover artwork by Jake and Dinos Chapman and a line-up of contributors that includes some of the greatest names in contemporary fiction. Stephen King tells the story of a retired judge with a deadly secret. Don DeLillo imagines a moviegoer-turned-stalker and Paul Auster writes of his mother's death. Rajesh Parameswaran dips into the mind of a tiger who escapes from a zoo and terrorizes a neighbourhood. Will Self writes of his blood disease and Daniel Alarcon explores the phenomenon of staged, high-camp blood baths. Mark Doty ruminates on a close encounter between Walt Whitman and Bram Stoker. CONTRIBUTORS: Daniel Alarcon, Paul Auster, Tom Bamforth, Roberto Bolano, Don DeLillo, Mark Doty, Sarah Hall, Stephen King, Kanitta Meechubot (artist), Julie Ostuka, D.A. Powell (poem), Rajesh Parameswaran, Santiago Roncagliolo, Will Self, Joy Williams.

Media Reviews

Just in time for Halloween, Granta, the London-based quarterly, calls on the American master of horror, Stephen King, to headline a new issue devoted to horror that's more literary than gory, yet still chilling and at times, bloody.
-- USA Today


Looking for something a little more cerebral this Halloween than underwear models with fangs? You can't do better than the new issue of Granta: Horror. The 117th volume of the British literary journal offers a bone-chilling selection of fiction and nonfiction.
-- The Washington Post
Author Bio
John Freeman's criticism has appeared in more than 200 newspapers around the world, including the Guardian, the Independent, The Times and the Wall Street Journal. Between 2006 and 2008, he served as president of the National Book Critics Circle. His first book, THE TYRANNY OF EMAIL, was published in October by Scribner in the US and Text in Australia.