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Granta 35: The Unbearable Peace (Granta (Viking)) |
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Robert (USA: CA) (2022/11/15):
The keynote piece here is by famous spy novelist John le Carré taking on the journalist role and profiling an elderly Swiss Army officer convicted of passing Swiss military secrets to the Russians. Although decently written, the former officer is less than compelling and so is the article. This is followed by four more pieces on Switzerland, only one of which is interesting. The issue also contains two articles about the unification of Germany and a manipulative "love" story by Nadine Gordimer.
The one shining star is Jayne Anne Phillips long, lovely story "In Summer Camps." Poetic, dream-like, and lusciously descriptive, it evolved into Phillips' novel, "Shelter." Also worth a mention is Allan Gurganus's great little travel memoir of a trip taken to a Civil War battlefield where his great grandfathers fought on opposite sides.
All in all, an issue highlighting Switzerland that is like Switzerland itself--kinda boring.
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