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Mixed bag as these things always are. Lauren Groff still great. Keep T-Prez out your fiction though! Hasn't he infected enough? What are you gonna tell me about him anyway? You didn't think he was gonna win and now you're playing the zeitgeist card? No.
Honestly the best part about this collection was that I discovered so many wonderful female writers. There were a couple good male contributions but the women just hit it out of the park; I was floored.
3.5- A solidly good, but not great collection. Most of the stories were quite readable, some compelling, but with a couple of duds. The stories that I flag as duds tend to engage some type of experimental writing. I like to be challenged on occasion, but I prefer straightforward writing. As I have stated before, I am intelligent, but not an academic, and my reading is primarily for leisure.
Enjoyed 22% of the writing, which felt fairly disappointing, though the story I picked it up for did deliver. In my humble opinion I'd say there's definitely some talented writers featured, but I felt like some set out to break barries nobody asked for and was ultimately boring to read. "I love you, but I've chosen darkness" is probably one that left the strongest mark on me.
This is the first Granta under the new editor (Sigrid Rausing) that I have not loved. Maybe it's just the very modern style of some of the stories. I would read more of Emma Cline, and 'Trump Sky Alpha' by Mark Doten was a little too real, but most of the rest I could take or leave. Worth reading if you like semi-experimental writing, less appealing as a collection if you are looking for plot.
It's taken me a long time to read through the 21 pieces included in this collection, but that is partly because I went on holiday for 2 weeks and forgot to take it with me. It's a mixed bag that I found overall OK with a few great stories and a couple of very poor ones. But, I imagine, this is probably the case for everyone who reads it and it is simply that the list of good/bad ones changes for each person.I thought the first and last stories were the two strongest (by Jesse Ball and Claire Vay...
Patchy. Especially when most are excerpts rather than bespoke stories. V. Good - Ben Lerner, Emma Cline, Lauren Groff, Rachel B Glaser, Clare Vaye Watkins (natch), I.e., all the ones I'd already read 🙄
I guess the novelist issue just isn't for me. I like Granta for its longer nonfiction, and with none of those (nor poetry, photo series, etc) and extra length, I had to give up on this issue. A lot of the same myopic themes, some excerpts which I rarely enjoy, unfinished work... for the first time Granta felt like a chore. It would be better to cut it in half to around 10 selections at most, and even then to split them across two issues along with other content."I love you but I've chosen darkne...
This is a pretty solid collection and I'm looking forward to checking out the novels of many of the authors therein.In particular, I thought Mark Doten's dystopian tale was a tour-de-force, and Ottessa Moshfegh's tale was surreal and creepy.Others I liked: Jesse BallHalle ButlerEmma ClineJen GeorgeLauren GoffYas GyasiGarth Risk HallbergGreg JacksonSana KrasikovAnthony Marra
Very interesting collection showcasing young American writers. I discovered authors I didn’t know, and bought books by them. The quality is pretty high on average with a few stellar contributions ( I loved Anthony Marra and Lauren Groff stories) and very few clunkers. Often in these stories plot plays second fiddle to style, a bit to be expected with literary fiction maybe. A good albeit sometimes challenging read.
Excellent selection of new (and known) literary voices, diverse and truly impressive.
