After the war
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
After the war
AUTHOR:
Rausing, Sigrid
Freeman, John
Hilsum, Lindsey
Gunesekera, Romesh
Phillips, Rowan Ricardo
McGuane, Thomas
Kennedy, A. L.
Dadelsen, Jean-Paul de
Jin, Justin
Müller, Herta, 1953-
Forna, Aminatta
Heath, Dave
Auster, Paul, 1947-
Li, Yiyun
Kunzru, Hari
Mlinko , Ange
French, Patrick
ISBN:
9781905881710
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Granta Books, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
255 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
SERIES:
Granta ; 125
SERIES_TITLE:
Granta ;
GENERAL_NOTE:
Cover title.
"The magazine of new writing"--Cover
CONTENTS:
The rainy season / Lindsey Hilsum -- Mess / Romesh Gunesekera -- Pax Americana / Rowan Ricardo Phillips -- Crow fair / Thomas McGuane -- Late in life / A.L. Kennedy -- from Opening Invocation / Jean-Paul de Dadelsen -- Zone of absolute discomfort / Justin Jin -- Always the same snow and always the same uncle / Herta Muller -- 1979 / Aminatta Forna -- A sparrow fallen / Dave Heath -- You remember the planes / Paul Auster -- From dream to dream / Yiyun Li -- Stalkers / Hari Kunzru -- Revelations / Ange Mlinko -- After the war / Patrick French.
ABSTRACT:
"How long is the shadow of a battle, an explosion, a revolution? What stories arise in the wake of devastation? Lindsey Hilsum returns to Rwanda two decades after witnessing the beginning of genocide. Patrick French writes of his great-uncle, a World War I hero who left behind a 'saturating cult of remembrance.' From air-raid drills in Paul Auster's America to a calf with a broken foot in Herta Mu?ller's Rumania, this is how we live after the war"--Back cover.
ADDED_TITLE:
The rainy season
Mess
Pax Americana
Crow fair
Late in life
from Opening Invocation
Zone of absolute discomfort
Always the same snow and always the same uncle
1979
A sparrow fallen
You remember the planes
From dream to dream
Stalkers
Revelations
After the war
SUBJECT:
| Literature, Modern -- 21st century -- Collections |
| War in literature |
| Postwar reconstruction -- Personal narratives |
BIBSUMMARY:
"How long is the shadow of a battle, an explosion, a revolution? What stories arise in the wake of devastation? Lindsey Hilsum returns to Rwanda two decades after witnessing the beginning of genocide. Patrick French writes of his great-uncle, a World War I hero who left behind a 'saturating cult of remembrance.' From air-raid drills in Paul Auster's America to a calf with a broken foot in Herta Mu?ller's Rumania, this is how we live after the war"--Back cover.