Granta 96: War Zones

Granta: The Magazine of New Writing #96

by Ian Jack (Editor)

Contains dispatches from the world of conflict, in the battlefield and in the home, James Buchan on Iran's nuclear weapons programme; Jasmina Tesanovic on the death squads of Serbia; Hugh Raffles on cricket-fighting in Shanghai; and fiction by Tahmima Anam and Edmund White.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

Paperback

First published December 27, 2006

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

[Jane Fudger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although the name of the book is "War Zones" it is not all about war on a military basis - it also includes bullying with revenge taken ["The Limeroom"] and a woman under the threat of losing custody of her two children to her dead husband's brother ["The Courthouse"] both of which were enjoyable. The remainder of the cloolection are war based stories mainly conflict but also about weapons and their consequences Two stories outlining thisin a severe yet poignant manner are "Tokyo Year Zero" and "Victory in Lebanon"
The collection is a mixture of both fiction and non fiction plus two picture esssays of military bases in Scotland and the war in the Congo
An interesting and worthwhile story collection.

[Jagadeesh Rampam · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I was searching for a section related to WWI & WWII, I came across this book in one of the book shops I visited recently. Liked the binding and cover. Quick turn around of pages impressed me to purchase.

When looked at the number (96), which wondered me are there 96 or more books in this series. Upon researching, learned that there are 141 editions and multiple contributors, majorly published and distributed by students from Cambridge University.

Coming to what I liked about this book is, a collection of short stories(kinda..)/journals either in the form of fiction or picture essays or description by the narrators makes you feel the tension and lives involved during war times. The fact I liked is, the collection not just limited to the WWI & WWII but all the wars that had significant impact in the history. Looking forward for reading more editions of this.