| Description |
xiii, 438 pages ; 20 cm |
| Series |
Classics of reportage |
|
Classics of reportage
|
| Contents |
The soccer war / Ryszard Kapuscinski -- The fall of Saigon / James Fenton -- The waste land / Marilynne Robinson -- Women and power in Cuba / Germaine Greer -- Forced busing / Joseph Lelyveld -- Gibraltar / Ian Jack -- Tiananmen Square / John Simpson -- The invasion of Panama / Martha Gellhorn -- Boys in Zinc / Svetlana Alexiyevich -- The unbearable peace / John le Carre -- Mumbai / Suketu Mehta -- The man with two heads / Elena Lappin -- Osama's war / Wendell Steavenson |
| Summary |
"The updated edition of The Granta Book of Reportage collects a dozen of the finest pieces of reportage Granta has published. Featuring distinguished writers and reporters as well as such new talents as Elena Lappin, Suketu Mehta and Wendell Steavenson, the book covers some of the signal events of our time: the fall of Saigon, the massacre in Tiananmen Square, and the aftermath of the American invasion of Iraq."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1998 |
| Subject |
History, Modern -- 1945-1989.
|
|
Reportage literature.
|
| Author |
Jack, Ian, 1923-2008.
|
| ISBN |
1862078157 (paperback) |
|
9781862078154 (paperback) |
|
