Granta 124: Travel

by John Freeman (Editor)

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Granta 124: Travel, presents a panoramic view of our shared landscape and investigates our motivations for exploring it.

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soylentgreen231,170 reviews
A great read for on the train while I was travelling to a teaching conference over the weekend. Some of the pieces are strong - the last two in particular, with one looking at Gypsies in Bulgaria and another Lagos, Nigeria. I also really enjoyed the account of a writer travelling into the Colombian rainforest. Others were less impressive, and the piece by Haruki Murakami has actually put me off wanting to read more of his work.
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Apr 13, 2026
tronella507 reviews
Good - well, I like the topic, and there's a Murakami essay in this issue. I particularly liked the essay on caving.
Jun 22, 2019
Moomin_Mama228 reviews
Highlights:
The Perfect Last Day of Mr Sengupta - Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Underland - Robert McFarlane.
Neustra Senora de la Asuncion - Lina Wolff.
Barrenland - A Yi.
Blood Money - Miroslav Penkov.
Oct 13, 2013
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The Captain, Rattawut Lapcharoensap
Aug 5, 2013
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John Freeman
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John Freeman is an award-winning writer and book critic who has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. Freeman won the 2007 James Patterson PageTurner Award. He is the editor of Granta and lives in New York City and London.

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Abad, Hector (Contributor)
Boast, Rachael (Contributor)
Cole, Teju (Contributor)
Eggers, Dave (Contributor)
Faleiro, Sonia (Contributor)
Klay, Phil (Contributor)
Klenz, Steffi (Contributor)
Lapcharoensap, Rattawut (Contributor)
Macfarlane, Robert (Contributor)
Mukherjee, Siddhartha (Contributor)
Murakami, Haruki (Contributor)
Penkov, Miroslav (Contributor)
Searcy, David (Contributor)
Simic, Charles (Contributor)
Voigt, Ellen Bryant (Contributor)
Wolff, Lina (Contributor)
Wynne-Rhydderch, Samantha (Contributor)
Yi, A (Contributor)

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808.8032 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Literature Collections > By Theme
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