An excerpt from Slime by Susanne Wedlich, translated from the German by Ayça Türkoğlu.
‘To be taught by Naipaul would be an honour, but it also seemed to contain the risk of annihilation.’ Aatish Taseer on being mentored by V.S. Naipaul.
V.S. Naipaul: The Grief and the Glory
https://granta.com/vs-naipaul-the-grief-and-the-glory/
#HackerNews #V.S. #Naipaul #Literature #Grief #Glory #AuthorInsights #Granta
‘The summer of 1977, when I was sixteen years old, I started work at Andy Warhol’s Factory.’ Fernanda Eberstadt on Andy Warhol.
Burning Mao
https://granta.com/burning-mao/
#HackerNews #BurningMao #Granta #Politics #History #China #CulturalCritique #SocialCommentary
At a time when China has become a unifying spectre of menace for Western governments,...