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Granta 61: The Sea

We would not be without the sea. Without the sea, no clouds, no rain, no rivers, no life. We play at its edges, we put down nets and feed from it, we send cargo across its ruffling surface. Yet it remains the wildest, least-known part of the planet. For too long we have turned our backs to it. This issue looks outward again, with James Hamilton-Paterson, Julia Blackburn, Neal Ascherson, and more.

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In this issue

James Hamilton-Paterson: Sea Burial
Ian Jack: Serendip
George Rosie: Northern Light
Orhan Pamuk: The Boy Who Watched the Ships Go By
Jean Gaumy: Hunters
Justin Webster: Los Piratas
Charles Nicholl: Conversations with a Giant
Paul Theroux: Unspeakable Rituals
Julia Blackburn: The Mermaid
William Scammell: Snapper On Board
Bella Bathurst: Sea-Towers
Neal Ascherson: The Case For Butterfish
N. A. M. Rodger: Into the Wind
Will Hobson: Trawling for Facts
Philip Marsden: Waiting for St Petersburg
Stephen Gill: Scotland’s Last Great Artefact
Haruki Murakami: The Seventh Man
Robert Drewe: News Shark
John Biguenet: And Never Come Up