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    Granta文学新秀十年选

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    刚看到Granta公布十年一度的文学新秀评选，登时想起几年前,曾跟随王娜mm去找寻一家外文旧书店（好像是在金陵路一带）。居然发现一期传说中的Granta杂志。那期的主题正好是电影。于是买下以后连内容都没看，就送给喜爱电影的娜娜小姐了。

    最早知道Granta这个杂志，是被小强同学拖下水，帮北京的报纸写介绍外国杂志的豆腐干。这玩意儿要搞得好玩儿很耗时间，因为老想翻花样，让读者们多知道些没见过的好玩杂志。于是到处搜索，乐此不疲，自己也由此发现了许多很有特色的杂志。Granta是我最喜欢的之一。这个英国杂志已经有100多年历史了，是剑桥大学的一帮学生在1889年捣鼓出来杂志，The Granta就是流经剑桥的河名。一度在1970年代杂志陷入困境而停刊。

    这个杂志最奇特之处是1979年复刊以来，一年出四期，每期一个编号一个主题。每个主题遍邀文章好手来写，其中有许多名家高手，看看这个名单吧：Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Saul Bellow, Peter Carey, Raymond Carver, Angela Carter, Bruce Chatwin, James Fenton, Richard Ford, Martha Gellhorn, Nadine Gordimer, Milan Kundera, Doris Lessing, Ian McEwan, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Jayne Anne Phillips, Salman Rushdie, George Steiner, Graham Swift, Paul Theroux, Edmund White, Jeanette Winterson, Tobias Wolff。而主题之花样百出，常常出人意料。譬如“家庭”，“旅行”，“班级”，我索性都列在最下面，也算存档吧。

     1983年，Granta 7号杂志第一次推出Best of Young British Novelists专题，评选出当时的英国35岁以下最佳小说家，入选的有Martin Amis, William Boyd, Maggie Gee, Kazuo Ishiguro, Adam Mars-Jones, Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes, Ursula Bentley, Pat Barker, Buchi Emecheta, Ian McEwan, Shiva Naipaul, Graham Swift, Rose Tremain, Clive Sinclair, Alan Judd, Philip Norman, A.N. Wilson, Christopher Priest, Lisa St. Aubin de Tern。 正好二十人。

    十年后的1993年，Granta 43号推出了第二批英国新作家20人：Kazuo Ishiguro, Hanif Kureishi, Ben Okri, Esther Freud, Caryl Phillips, Will Self, Iain Banks, Adam Lively, Helen Simpson, Tibor Fischer, Nicholas Shakespeare, Philip Kerr, Lawrence Norfolk, Louis de BerniÉres, A.L. Kennedy, Alan Hollinghurst, Candia McWilliam, Anne Billson, Adam Mars-Jones, Jeanette Winterson。

    2003年的Granta 81号第三批名单是：Ian Jack, Sarah Waters,Monica Ali,Andrew O'Hagan,Dan Rhodes, Rachel Seiffert,Toby Litt,Rachel Cusk,Alan Warner,Nicola Barker, David Mitchell,Susan Elderkin,Stephen Gill,Peter Ho Davies,A. L. Kennedy,Ben Rice,David Peace,Hari Kunzru,Philip Hensher,Robert McLiam Wilson,Zadie Smith,Adam Thirlwell

    1997年，Granta又打起了美国人的主意，在54号推出40岁以下美国最佳小说家：Ian Jack,Sherman Alexie,Madison Smartt Bell,Ethan Canin,Edwidge Danticat,Tom Drury,Tony Earley,Jeffrey Eugenides,Jonathan Franzen,David Guterson,David Haynes,Allen Kurzweil, Elizabeth McCracken,Marion Ettlinger,Lorrie Moore,FayMyenne Ng,Robert O'Connor,Chris Offutt,Stewart O'Nan,Mona Simpson,Melanie Rae Thon,Kate Wheeler。

    现在，2007年，即将出版的97号Granta，选出了新一代美国年轻作家。从中，我又发现了熟悉的李翊云的身影：Daniel Alarcón,Kevin Brockmeier,Judy Budnitz,Christopher Coake,Anthony Doerr,Jonathan Safran Foer,Nell Freudenberger,Olga Grushin,Dara Horn,Gabe Hudson,Uzodinma Iweala,Nicole Krauss,Rattawut Lapcharoensap,Yiyun Li,Maile Meloy,ZZ Packer,Jess Row,Karen Russell,Akhil Sharma,Gary Shteyngart,John Wray。

    仔细研究一下这几个名单，你会发现，当今英美文坛活跃的小说家，几乎被一网打尽了。其中有多少布克奖、诺贝尔奖、国家图书奖、普利策奖等文学图书奖得主？所以，这几个名单，灰常值得重视。

    Granta 96: War Zones
    Granta 95: Loved Ones
    Granta 94: On the Road AgainGranta 93: God's Own CountriesGranta 92: The View fromAfricaGranta 91: Wish You Were HereGranta 90: Country LifeGranta 89: The FactoryGranta 88: MothersGranta 87: JubileeGranta 86: FilmGranta 85: Hidden HistoriesGranta 84: Over There: HowAmericaSees the WorldGranta 83: This Overheating WorldGranta 82: Life's Like ThatGranta 81: Best of Young British Novelists 2003Granta 80: The GroupGranta 79: CelebrityGranta 78: Bad CompanyGranta 77: What We Think ofAmericaGranta 76: MusicGranta 75: Brief EncountersGranta 74: Confessions of a Middle-Aged Ecstasy EaterGranta 73: Necessary JourneysGranta 72: OverreachersGranta 71: ShrinksGranta 70:Australia: The NewNew WorldGranta 69: The AssassinGranta 68: Love StoriesGranta 67: Women and children firstGranta 66: Truth + LiesGranta 65:London: the lives of the cityGranta 64:Russia: The Wild EastGranta 63: BeastsGranta 62: What Young Men DoGranta 61: The SeaGranta 60: UnbelievableGranta 59:France: The OutsiderGranta 58: AmbitionGranta 57:India! The Golden JubileeGranta 56: What Happened to Us?Granta 55: Children: Blind, Bitter HappinessGranta 54: Best of Young American NovelistsGranta 53: News: Scoops, Lies and VideotapeGranta 52: Food: The Vital StuffGranta 51: Big Men (andL.A.Women)Granta 50: Fifty!Granta 49: MoneyGranta 48:AfricaGranta 47: LosersGranta 46: CrimeGranta 45: Gazza AgonistesGranta 44: TheLast Placeon EarthGranta 43: Best of Young British Novelists 2Granta 42: Krauts!Granta 41: BiographyGranta 40: The WomanizerGranta 39: The BodyGranta 38: We're So Happy!Granta 37: The FamilyGranta 36: Vargas Llosa for PresidentGranta 35: The Unbearable PeaceGranta 34: Death of a Harvard ManGranta 33: What Went Wrong?Granta 32: HistoryGranta 31: The GeneralGranta 30: NewEurope!Granta 29:New WorldGranta 28: Birthday Special!Granta 27: DeathGranta 26: TravelGranta 25: The MurdereeGranta 24: Inside IntelligenceGranta 23: HomeGranta 22: With Your Tongue Down My ThroatGranta 21: The Story-TellerGranta 20: In Trouble AgainGranta 19: More Dirt  Granta 18: The Snap Revolution  Granta 17: Graham Greene, While Waiting for a WarGranta 16: ScienceGranta 15: The Fall ofSaigon  Granta 14: AutobiographyGranta 13: After the RevolutionGranta 12: The Rolling StonesGranta 11:MilanKundera, Greetings fromPragueGranta 10: Travel WritingGranta 9: John Berger, BorisGranta 8: Dirty RealismGranta 7: Best of Young British NovelistsGranta 6: A Literature for Politics Granta 5: The Modern Common WindGranta 4: Beyond the CrisisGranta 3: The End of the English NovelGranta 2: ThePortageto San Christobal of A.H.

    Granta 1: New American Writing


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  • 在你写这文的时候埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴的几个书店里有便宜卖的granta, 大概在60多号的几本, 约合rmb7
    shuijiao | 发表于2008-08-04 00:15:06 [回复]