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Granta - The Magazine of New Writing 67, Autumn 1999
Women and children first
| Kiadó: | Granta Publications-Penguin Books USA, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Kiadás helye: | New York |
| Kiadás éve: | |
| Kötés típusa: | Ragasztott papírkötés |
| Oldalszám: | 256 oldal |
| Sorozatcím: | Granta |
| Kötetszám: | 67 |
| Nyelv: | Angol |
| Méret: | 21 cm x 15 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-9645611-7-4 |
| Megjegyzés: | Tíz novella egy kötetben. További szerzők a könyvben. Fekete-fehér fotókkal. |
Értesítőt kérek a kiadóról
Értesítőt kérek a sorozatról
A beállítást mentettük,
naponta értesítjük a beérkező friss
kiadványokról
naponta értesítjük a beérkező friss
kiadványokról
A beállítást mentettük,
naponta értesítjük a beérkező friss
kiadványokról
naponta értesítjük a beérkező friss
kiadványokról
Előszó
Tovább
Fülszöveg
G R A N T A
67 Women and children first
This closing century began with a code of behaviour. Men, especially white imperial men, should be gentlemen. They should be noble. They should be stoic. They should think of God, Queen/King and Country. When the chips were down, women and children came first—first to the lifeboats and the ration queue, last to take the bullet or the bomb.
It was a nice thought. As war and social upheaval overtook the century, it quickly unravelled. Every man for himself! Wasn't this the truer slogan, the more accurate description of human behaviour? Hadn't it always been?
This issue of Granta is about people in extremis over the past hundred years—coping stoically, madly, badly with private and public disaster— from the Antarctic to the bombing of Belgrade. Including:
Jasmina Tesanovic: the Belgrade diary of a political idiot
Edmund White: the dilemma of the positive lover
Edward Said: growing up with a shameful body
Joy Williams: why her dog Hawk... Tovább
Fülszöveg
G R A N T A
67 Women and children first
This closing century began with a code of behaviour. Men, especially white imperial men, should be gentlemen. They should be noble. They should be stoic. They should think of God, Queen/King and Country. When the chips were down, women and children came first—first to the lifeboats and the ration queue, last to take the bullet or the bomb.
It was a nice thought. As war and social upheaval overtook the century, it quickly unravelled. Every man for himself! Wasn't this the truer slogan, the more accurate description of human behaviour? Hadn't it always been?
This issue of Granta is about people in extremis over the past hundred years—coping stoically, madly, badly with private and public disaster— from the Antarctic to the bombing of Belgrade. Including:
Jasmina Tesanovic: the Belgrade diary of a political idiot
Edmund White: the dilemma of the positive lover
Edward Said: growing up with a shameful body
Joy Williams: why her dog Hawk had to die
James Buchan: how Iraq suffers
Francis Spufford: the gentleman's tragedy
Ian Jack: at the grave of Leonardo DiCaprio
PLUS new fiction from Zadie Smith and a photographie essay by Larry Towell on the people who kept the manners and morals of the twentieth century at bay.
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