The Granta book of the family.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Literary collections.

Families.

Authors.

Authors--20th century--Family relationships.

American literature--20th century.

American literature.

English literature--20th century.

English literature.

Families--Fiction.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Fiction.

Literature.

Physical Description:

400 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Granta Books, [1995]

Summary:

Over the past 15 years, Granta has published fiction, memoir, biography, and reportage inspired by the relationships forced on us by the accident of birth. From Saul Bellow's tale of his immigrant parents to Bret Easton Ellis' chilling description of a Hollywood marriage, the best and, at times, the most disturbing are collected here in this noteworthy collection.

Contents:

Where he was: memories of my father / Raymond Carver

Memoirs of a bootlegger's son / Saul Bellow

Hard man / Hugh Collins

Sugar daddy / Angela Carter

Finished with engines / Ian Jack

And when did you last see your father? / Blake Morrison

My father's life / Leonard Michaels

Never let me down / Susan J. Miller

August in my father's house / Michael Ignatieff

Ramadan / Mona Simpson

Impertinent daughters / Doris Lessing

The many colours of blood / Candia McWilliam

A letter to our son / Peter Carey

Field-burning / William Wharton

Waterway / Geoffrey Wolff

Patricide / Beverly Lowry

The business of mourning / Christian McEwen

Family album / Mikal Gilmore

Brothers / Sousa Jamba

A very young dancer / Todd McEwen

The names of women / Louise Erdrich

The up escalator / Bret Easton Ellis.

ISBN:

0964561115 :

OCLC:

33355432