The periodical Granta, whose contributors include top Finnish and foreign writers and wholly new acquaintances, never fails to spark debate – making it a true treasury for readers.
GRANTA 1: FOOD (Granta 1: Ruoka)
APPROX. 300 PAGES / 145 X 210 MM / SEPTEMBER 2013 OTAVA PUBLISHING COMPANY EXCERPTS IN ENGLISH WILL BE AVAILABLE
In the first Finnish issue of the acclaimed periodical Granta, top authors reveal their passion for food. Food is a necessity for life; food is an indulgence. It is also theme that has been the source of extraordinary controversy: what one can or cannot, should or should not eat. The saying ”You are what you eat” applies on many levels. Granta’s texts open up passions, values, and attitudes related to food in fresh and unexpected ways. Even though eating is a prominent presence in these texts, the issue offers much more than a symphony of tastes and scents: Granta sings the praises of culinary pleasures, but does not ignore the grotesque corporality of food. The Finnish contributors to this issue are Riikka Ala-Harja, Pirjo Hassinen, Juha Itkonen, Meri Kuusisto, Rosa Liksom, Miki Liukkonen, Leena Parkkinen, Anu Silfverberg, Miina Supinen, Philip Teir, Antti Tuuri and Merja Virolainen. Foreign contributors include Nicole Krauss, Doris Lessing and Olga Tokarczuk.
Granta, established by the students of Cambridge University in 1889,
has solidified its status as one of the most influential literary journals in the world. Granta’s Finnish edition is part of an international network currently being built under the leadership of the original, Englishlanguage Granta. The editor-in-chief of Finnish Granta is Otava’s Aleksi Pöyry.
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