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‘I was emotional too, not that I cried, I’ve only cried once in more than eight years and that was still to come.’
New fiction by Benjamin Kunkel.
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New fiction by Benjamin Kunkel.
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Whatever Creek Meadows | Benjamin Kunkel | Granta
‘I had slept with her back in college and several times afterward, as presumptive grown-ups, only out of some masculine obligingness which I’ve never seen described in fiction’
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February 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM
‘I was emotional too, not that I cried, I’ve only cried once in more than eight years and that was still to come.’
New fiction by Benjamin Kunkel.
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New fiction by Benjamin Kunkel.
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‘The therapist’s room does, in a way, resemble a film set. Even if its mood attempts to be entirely neutral, someone has art-directed its blandness.’
Deborah Levy on the staging of a therapist’s consulting room.
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Deborah Levy on the staging of a therapist’s consulting room.
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Every Dark Corner | Deborah Levy | Granta
‘To believe in the talking cure, as I do, is to put one’s faith in something truly strange, but since when has any sort of faith not been strange?’
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February 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
‘The therapist’s room does, in a way, resemble a film set. Even if its mood attempts to be entirely neutral, someone has art-directed its blandness.’
Deborah Levy on the staging of a therapist’s consulting room.
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Deborah Levy on the staging of a therapist’s consulting room.
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For our winter issue, Granta goes to therapy. Read the issue for free online for the next five days.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
For our winter issue, Granta goes to therapy. Read the issue for free online for the next five days.
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‘Each excavation, each artefact, fed into an expanding attempt to define what it meant to be Tamil in the twenty-first century.’
Sowmiya Ashok on Tamil Nadu’s fight to define its own civilisational origins.
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Sowmiya Ashok on Tamil Nadu’s fight to define its own civilisational origins.
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Sivagalai
‘Each excavation, each artefact, fed into an expanding attempt to define what it meant to be Tamil in the twenty-first century.’Sowmiya Ashok on Tamil Nadu’s fight to define its own civilisational ori...
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February 12, 2026 at 10:22 AM
‘Each excavation, each artefact, fed into an expanding attempt to define what it meant to be Tamil in the twenty-first century.’
Sowmiya Ashok on Tamil Nadu’s fight to define its own civilisational origins.
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Sowmiya Ashok on Tamil Nadu’s fight to define its own civilisational origins.
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‘Elections are good, but what’s going on now is a war, don’t you think?’
Fiction by Jeyamohan, translated from the Tamil by Priyamvada Ramkumar.
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Fiction by Jeyamohan, translated from the Tamil by Priyamvada Ramkumar.
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The Laughing Face
‘Elections are good, but what’s going on now is a war, don’t you think?’
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February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
‘Elections are good, but what’s going on now is a war, don’t you think?’
Fiction by Jeyamohan, translated from the Tamil by Priyamvada Ramkumar.
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Fiction by Jeyamohan, translated from the Tamil by Priyamvada Ramkumar.
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The latest episode of the Granta podcast is available now.
Featuring Sujatha Gidla, author of Ants Among Elephants, we discuss the history of the caste system, writing a political memoir, and Gidla’s experiences as a train conductor for the New York City Subway.
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Featuring Sujatha Gidla, author of Ants Among Elephants, we discuss the history of the caste system, writing a political memoir, and Gidla’s experiences as a train conductor for the New York City Subway.
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Podcast | Sujatha Gidla | Granta
‘Through their stories, I was able to see that their lives were actively connected to what was going on in the society.’ Sujatha Gidla on writing a political memoir.
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February 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The latest episode of the Granta podcast is available now.
Featuring Sujatha Gidla, author of Ants Among Elephants, we discuss the history of the caste system, writing a political memoir, and Gidla’s experiences as a train conductor for the New York City Subway.
granta.com/podcast-suja...
Featuring Sujatha Gidla, author of Ants Among Elephants, we discuss the history of the caste system, writing a political memoir, and Gidla’s experiences as a train conductor for the New York City Subway.
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‘Contractor and Agraharam Latha lorded over everyone’s ablution schedule in the school.’
A short story by Krupa Ge.
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A short story by Krupa Ge.
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A Bathroom of One’s Own
‘Contractor and Agraharam Latha lorded over everyone’s ablution schedule in the school.’ A short story by Krupa Ge.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:23 PM
‘Contractor and Agraharam Latha lorded over everyone’s ablution schedule in the school.’
A short story by Krupa Ge.
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A short story by Krupa Ge.
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‘If meat and love are by any indomitable force brought into contact, that force is typically violent.’
‘Meat Love’ – an essay on pigs, John Berger and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. granta.com/meat-love/
Amber Husain’s new book Tell Me How You Eat is out now.
‘Meat Love’ – an essay on pigs, John Berger and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. granta.com/meat-love/
Amber Husain’s new book Tell Me How You Eat is out now.
Meat Love | Amber Husain | Granta
‘They say it takes a village to raise a child and the same can be true of killing.’ An extract from Meat Love: An Ideology of the Flesh by Amber Husain, published by MACK in 2023.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
‘If meat and love are by any indomitable force brought into contact, that force is typically violent.’
‘Meat Love’ – an essay on pigs, John Berger and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. granta.com/meat-love/
Amber Husain’s new book Tell Me How You Eat is out now.
‘Meat Love’ – an essay on pigs, John Berger and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. granta.com/meat-love/
Amber Husain’s new book Tell Me How You Eat is out now.
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Newly translated story by an old hero of mine, the long gone Saadat Hasan Manto, thanks to @grantamag.bsky.social. (Matt Reeck with the translation.)
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Progressives
‘Usually, if you’ve read someone’s stories and seen their photos, you’d feel like you knew the man.’ A short story by Saadat Hasan Manto, translated by Matt Reeck.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Newly translated story by an old hero of mine, the long gone Saadat Hasan Manto, thanks to @grantamag.bsky.social. (Matt Reeck with the translation.)
granta.com/progressives/
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Congratulations to Osdany Morales and Harry Bauld, winners of the Poetry in Translation Prize, founded by Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo Publishing and New Directions.
An extract of Morales’s winning collection, translated by Bauld, is available to read here:
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An extract of Morales’s winning collection, translated by Bauld, is available to read here:
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Three Poems
‘it became life-or-death to have a backyard / we put everything in a truck and moved / two hundred meters’ Three poems by Osdany Morales, translated by Harry Bauld.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Congratulations to Osdany Morales and Harry Bauld, winners of the Poetry in Translation Prize, founded by Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo Publishing and New Directions.
An extract of Morales’s winning collection, translated by Bauld, is available to read here:
granta.com/three-poems-...
An extract of Morales’s winning collection, translated by Bauld, is available to read here:
granta.com/three-poems-...
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A brilliant new Granta issue including works by Louise Bourgeois, Guadalupe Nettel and many others
We are pleased to reveal the cover and contributors to Granta 174: Therapy.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
February 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
A brilliant new Granta issue including works by Louise Bourgeois, Guadalupe Nettel and many others
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‘Nalli bones, ribs, liver and other meat pieces were bathing in steam. In the fragrance of the saaru, she forgot the incident.’
A short story by H.R. Ramesha, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.
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A short story by H.R. Ramesha, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.
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As Usual | H.R. Ramesh | Granta
‘Nalli bones, ribs, liver and other meat pieces were bathing in steam. In the fragrance of the saaru, she forgot the incident.’ A short story by H.R. Ramesh, translated from the Kannada by Deepa…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
‘Nalli bones, ribs, liver and other meat pieces were bathing in steam. In the fragrance of the saaru, she forgot the incident.’
A short story by H.R. Ramesha, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.
granta.com/as-usual/
A short story by H.R. Ramesha, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.
granta.com/as-usual/
Reposted by Granta
We are pleased to reveal the cover and contributors to Granta 174: Therapy.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
January 21, 2026 at 4:02 PM
We are pleased to reveal the cover and contributors to Granta 174: Therapy.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
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One of the finest modern Indian writers- great to see Granta feature this.
‘When we know someone’s eyes are fixed on us, we cannot function freely, no, we cannot function at all. We want to shoot an arrow into the eye that watches.’
Fiction by Perumal Murugan.
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Fiction by Perumal Murugan.
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The Marketplace | Perumal Murugan | Granta
‘He had gone to school fearful that they might drag him along for some work otherwise. This was how he received an education.’
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January 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM
One of the finest modern Indian writers- great to see Granta feature this.
‘Nalli bones, ribs, liver and other meat pieces were bathing in steam. In the fragrance of the saaru, she forgot the incident.’
A short story by H.R. Ramesha, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.
granta.com/as-usual/
A short story by H.R. Ramesha, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.
granta.com/as-usual/
As Usual | H.R. Ramesh | Granta
‘Nalli bones, ribs, liver and other meat pieces were bathing in steam. In the fragrance of the saaru, she forgot the incident.’ A short story by H.R. Ramesh, translated from the Kannada by Deepa…
granta.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
‘Nalli bones, ribs, liver and other meat pieces were bathing in steam. In the fragrance of the saaru, she forgot the incident.’
A short story by H.R. Ramesha, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.
granta.com/as-usual/
A short story by H.R. Ramesha, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.
granta.com/as-usual/
‘After a conversation with her gynaecologist who shares the same name, Mandovi is diagnosed with a UTI. Doctor Mandovi tells Mandovi it’s normal, that she shouldn’t feel any shame, which makes Mandovi wonder why the doctor has to say it at all.’
Fiction by Duboree Das.
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Fiction by Duboree Das.
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Hoesamuis | Duboree Das | Granta
‘After a conversation with her gynaecologist who shares the same name, Mandovi is diagnosed with a UTI. Doctor Mandovi tells Mandovi it’s normal, that she shouldn’t feel any shame, which makes…
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February 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
‘After a conversation with her gynaecologist who shares the same name, Mandovi is diagnosed with a UTI. Doctor Mandovi tells Mandovi it’s normal, that she shouldn’t feel any shame, which makes Mandovi wonder why the doctor has to say it at all.’
Fiction by Duboree Das.
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Fiction by Duboree Das.
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‘What meaning could I draw from an artefact I could not read?’
Niyati Bhat on archives, Kashmir and a Sharada manuscript.
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Niyati Bhat on archives, Kashmir and a Sharada manuscript.
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Reflections on a Manuscript in Exile | Granta
‘What meaning could I draw from an artefact I could not read?’ Niyati Bhat on archives, Kashmir and a Sharada manuscript.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
‘What meaning could I draw from an artefact I could not read?’
Niyati Bhat on archives, Kashmir and a Sharada manuscript.
granta.com/reflections-...
Niyati Bhat on archives, Kashmir and a Sharada manuscript.
granta.com/reflections-...
‘When we know someone’s eyes are fixed on us, we cannot function freely, no, we cannot function at all. We want to shoot an arrow into the eye that watches.’
Fiction by Perumal Murugan.
granta.com/the-marketpl...
Fiction by Perumal Murugan.
granta.com/the-marketpl...
The Marketplace | Perumal Murugan | Granta
‘He had gone to school fearful that they might drag him along for some work otherwise. This was how he received an education.’
granta.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
‘When we know someone’s eyes are fixed on us, we cannot function freely, no, we cannot function at all. We want to shoot an arrow into the eye that watches.’
Fiction by Perumal Murugan.
granta.com/the-marketpl...
Fiction by Perumal Murugan.
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‘Police raids have become a method of stripping journalists of the tools of their craft.’
Tariq Mir on journalism in Kashmir.
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Tariq Mir on journalism in Kashmir.
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The Cost of Writing | Tariq Mir | Granta
‘Even a modest expression of one’s view is now judged a seditious act, liable to attract terrorism charges.’ Tariq Mir on journalism in Kashmir.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM
‘Police raids have become a method of stripping journalists of the tools of their craft.’
Tariq Mir on journalism in Kashmir.
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Tariq Mir on journalism in Kashmir.
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‘Mandovi had thought marriage would be an ergonomic solution to loneliness, a bit like a neck pillow. Functional, if a little unfashionable.’
Fiction by Duboree Das.
granta.com/hoesamuis/
Fiction by Duboree Das.
granta.com/hoesamuis/
Hoesamuis | Duboree Das | Granta
‘After a conversation with her gynaecologist who shares the same name, Mandovi is diagnosed with a UTI. Doctor Mandovi tells Mandovi it’s normal, that she shouldn’t feel any shame, which makes…
granta.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
‘Mandovi had thought marriage would be an ergonomic solution to loneliness, a bit like a neck pillow. Functional, if a little unfashionable.’
Fiction by Duboree Das.
granta.com/hoesamuis/
Fiction by Duboree Das.
granta.com/hoesamuis/
‘Dressed in a neon green singlet over Bermuda shorts, Swastika’s a parody of a Zara poster. She’s older; forty, while they’re in their mid-thirties. Mandovi, however, considers the gulf separating them vast.’
Fiction by Duboree Das.
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Fiction by Duboree Das.
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Hoesamuis | Duboree Das | Granta
‘After a conversation with her gynaecologist who shares the same name, Mandovi is diagnosed with a UTI. Doctor Mandovi tells Mandovi it’s normal, that she shouldn’t feel any shame, which makes…
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January 27, 2026 at 2:07 PM
‘Dressed in a neon green singlet over Bermuda shorts, Swastika’s a parody of a Zara poster. She’s older; forty, while they’re in their mid-thirties. Mandovi, however, considers the gulf separating them vast.’
Fiction by Duboree Das.
granta.com/hoesamuis/
Fiction by Duboree Das.
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At Granta, Aatish Taseer has a thoughtful essay on the small, yet all-defining, distinctions between the Urdu of Pakistan and the Hindi of India: "two fluid, shape-shifting sisters, yin and yang, each containing a measure of the other" granta.com/urdu/
Urdu
‘The word I used – janamdin, not saalgira – gave me away as someone who could only have grown up in India.’ Aatish Taseer on Urdu, Hindi and the cultural intricacies of sister languages.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
At Granta, Aatish Taseer has a thoughtful essay on the small, yet all-defining, distinctions between the Urdu of Pakistan and the Hindi of India: "two fluid, shape-shifting sisters, yin and yang, each containing a measure of the other" granta.com/urdu/
‘Slowly we had developed a ritual. My mother liked to have a cup of tea, be steam pressed, and then placed into the bag every night. Her bones ached and she said that she was looking for respite.’
Fiction by Bhavika Govil.
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Fiction by Bhavika Govil.
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Folding Your Mother | Bhavika Govil | Granta
‘Slowly we had developed a ritual. My mother liked to have a cup of tea, be steam pressed, and then placed into the bag every night. Her bones ached and she said that she was looking for respite.’
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January 21, 2026 at 4:34 PM
‘Slowly we had developed a ritual. My mother liked to have a cup of tea, be steam pressed, and then placed into the bag every night. Her bones ached and she said that she was looking for respite.’
Fiction by Bhavika Govil.
granta.com/folding-your...
Fiction by Bhavika Govil.
granta.com/folding-your...
We are pleased to reveal the cover and contributors to Granta 174: Therapy.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
January 21, 2026 at 4:02 PM
We are pleased to reveal the cover and contributors to Granta 174: Therapy.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy.
The issue publishes 12 February 2026.
‘Ko Samui looks like it has been raised over the rubble of fishing villages. A shiny skein of roads, resorts, shops and eateries fist the island. Everywhere else, coconut trees.’
Fiction by Duboree Das.
granta.com/hoesamuis/
Fiction by Duboree Das.
granta.com/hoesamuis/
Hoesamuis | Duboree Das | Granta
‘After a conversation with her gynaecologist who shares the same name, Mandovi is diagnosed with a UTI. Doctor Mandovi tells Mandovi it’s normal, that she shouldn’t feel any shame, which makes…
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January 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
‘Ko Samui looks like it has been raised over the rubble of fishing villages. A shiny skein of roads, resorts, shops and eateries fist the island. Everywhere else, coconut trees.’
Fiction by Duboree Das.
granta.com/hoesamuis/
Fiction by Duboree Das.
granta.com/hoesamuis/