Janine di Giovanni

Following our ‘Music and Memory’ event, part of the launch of Granta 111: Going Back, we have been asking writers to choose five songs or pieces of music which are important to them, and which bring back particularly salient memories.

Janine di Giovanni

1. Edith Piaf: ‘La Vie en Rose’ (but I have to say I love the Grace Jones cover)
2. Chet Baker: ‘Time After Time’
3. Billie Holliday: ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’
4. Bob Dylan: ‘If You See Her Say Hello’ (this song never fails to make me cry – love gone lost)
5. Seal: ‘Crazy’ (this is nostalgic for me and a generation of reporters who covered the siege of Sarajevo – it was our theme song)