Granta 118: Exit Strategies

In this issue John Barth contemplates the end of writing fiction. Alice Munro explores the interior world of an elderly woman losing her memory. Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his family’s escape from the Bosnian War, and the love and fate of Mek, their Irish setter. David Long writes about a man haunted by a sexual encounter decades ago. Claire Messud searches for her father's Beirut, long since gone, as he himself lies dying in a hospice in Connecticut.

Illustration for David Long’s ‘Bonfire’ by Owen Freeman.

IN THE PRINT ISSUE

Fiction

Susan Minot Thirty Girls
Judy Chicurel City Boy
Vanessa Manko The Interrogation
Chinelo Okparanta America
Daniel Alarcón The Provincials
Anne Tyler The Beginner’s Goodbye
Ann Beattie Anecdotes
David Long Bonfire
Alice Munro In Sight of the Lake

Memoir/Non-fiction

Claire Messud The Road to Damascus
Jacob Newberry Summer
John Barth The End?
Aleksandar Hemon War Dogs

Poetry

Adrienne Rich Endpapers
Ishion Hutchinson Station
Paula Bohince At Thirty
Sophie Cabot Black Pay Attention

Plus ‘The Island’, a photo essay by Stacy Kranitz.