Granta 72: Overreachers

Granta: The Magazine of New Writing #72

by Ian Jack (Editor)

Why do we always want more? Why do we never give up? When do we stop? A fine story by Richard Ford in the perils of adultery; a remarkable piece of autobiography by Ved Mehta on his painful search for a woman's love. Plus: Nik Cohn, A. L. Kennedy, Aleksandar Hemon, Robyn Davidson, Joseph O'Neill, and introducing a brilliant Polish writer, Olga Tokarczuk.

Genres: Fiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 2000

About the author

Ian Jack is a British journalist and writer who has edited the Independent on Sunday and the literary magazine Granta and now writes regularly for The Guardian.

Reviews

[Hamuel Sunter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stories by Richard Ford (Overreachers), Ved Mehta (Kiltykins), and A.L. Kennedy (A Blow to the Head) were the high points. Ford, especially, has got me itching to read his novel The Sportswriter.