Brief encounters.
Contributors: Jack, Ian.
Series: Granta -- 75, Autumn 2001; Granta -- 75.
Publisher: Granta
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781929001057
Subjects: Social problems in literature.; Voyages and travels -- Literary collections.; Conduct of life in literature.; Intercultural communication.; Ethnic relations.; Travel writing.; Travel in literature.; Photojournalism.; Travel photography.
Genres: Literary collections.
Table of contents: title: Brief encounters -- Richard Murphy; title: Do I owe you something? -- Michael Mewshaw; title: At the Villa Moro -- Paul Theroux; title: The war of the words -- Alexander Stille; title: An amateur spy in Arabia -- Norman Lewis; title: The separate world of seaports -- photographs by Alex Majoli ; text by James Hamilton-Paterson; title: Little sister -- Anne Enright; title: In between talking about the elephant -- Jackie Kay; title: Everything is different in your house -- Adam Mars-Jones; title: Johnny -- John McGahern; title: The sea horse and the almond -- Paul Broks.