Rui S., a political historian, is unable to accept the circumstances of his life: his mother's death from cancer, his estrangement from his family, his rejection by his first wife and children, his po
Eva Peron was a star and a legend during her lifetime, one of the most alluring women of the twentieth century. Through the hit Broadway musical Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber, her story became famous,
True Romance is a twisted road movie in which Alabama, a hooker, and Clarence, a young comic-book store clerk, fall in love, get married, and hit the road in a purple Cadillac. They are going to L.A.
The Natural Order of Things is a tale of two families and the secrets that bind them. The voices ofAntunes' characters -- an army officer being tortured in prison on charges of conspiracy; an e
Called "hallucinatory and lyrical" (Publishers Weekly), The Return of the Caravels -- selected as a New York times Summer Reading title -- is a powerful indictment of Portuguese colonialism and anoth
Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) - a poet who lived most his life in Lisbon, Portugal, and who died in obscurity there - has in recent years gained international recognition as one of the greatest writers
Wetlandsan international sensation with more than a million copies sold worldwidehas been at the center of a heated debate about feminism and sexuality since its publication last spring. Charlotte Roc
For as long as people have been writing, they have been writing about nature. But nature—as we know it—is changing. Economic migration, overpopulation, and climate change are transforming
In Granta 103, look out for a remarkable investigation into the rise of the British jihad by Richard Watson; Binyavanga Wainaina on what it means to be Kenyan after the ravages of ethnic cleansing; I
Issue 104 features original work by many of the writers who have helped to make Granta the most widely read literary magazine in the world. Granta has always succeeded when at its boldest and most un
