The Granta Book of the Family - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862071381 ISBN 13: 9781862071384

Publisher: Grove Press, Granta, 2001

Synopsis

The family: no relationship is more important, more powerful, or more enduring. Or potentially more destructive. Since the early 1980s, Granta has published fiction, memoir, biography, and reportage inspired by the most important institution in our lives. The best, and at times the most disturbing, pieces are collected here, including Where He Was: Memories of My Father” by Raymond Carver; Memoirs of a Bootlegger’s Son” by Saul Bellow; Sugar Daddy” by Angela Carter; Ramadan” by Mona Simpson; Impertinent Daughters” by Doris Lessing; Family Album” by Mikal Gilmore; The Names of Women” by Louise Erdrich; and The Up Escalator” by Bret Easton Ellis.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Press, Granta
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1862071381
• ISBN 13: 9781862071384
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Editors Of Granta Magazine