Granta 62: What Young Men Do

Granta: The Magazine of New Writing #62

by Ian Jack (Editor)

The newest GRANTA annual features an interview with Martha Gellhorn on the subject of marriage; civil war and economic collapse in Indonesia; a photographic essay on Jakarta's last boom; a humorous piece by Todd McEwen on the fetish of high heels; a look at the Northern soul (opposite the Southern soul?); and a timely article entitled "The Mistress", about a young woman entangled in lies.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies

255 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1998

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

[Wax Singson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found a copy of this in Bookends in Baguio, the day after Corinne and I were engaged. I can always count on Bookends to have old copies of Granta.

The first section "Married Lives" was weak, anemic fiction that I don't much care for nor can seem to spare much of my thoughts on. I must be in a place where I don't want to entertain thoughts of ending a marriage, much less even read about the messiness of divorce or cheating. I've got a wedding to plan man!!!

Thoroughly enjoyed the sections on Indonesia and "Pursuits", particularly Richard Lloyd Parry's coverage of the Reformasi period, and the essays under "Pursuits": I CAN SEE by Richard Hoagland, MARTHA GELLHORN by Nicholas Shakespeare, and EATING GLASS by Afred Lawrie. Seriously considering a subscription Granta after this.

[Karl Ocampo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked all the pieces except Dani Shapiro’s. The curation however did not make sense to me. But as with all Granta, it has some gems tucked into it. It was good overall.