Why is there an issue of Granta, on contemporary Brazilian
fiction, in this room? It sits there, incongruously, on the magazine stand that
occupies half the length of one this dreary room’s walls. Next to old and
recent copies of Area, Transactions, and City. But what is this particular
issue of Granta doing there? A literature journal in a Geography department’s
common room? And an issue that focuses specifically on contemporary Brazilian
fiction. Its colours stand out, the bright yellow and green cover against the
drab and very familiar black and white of Area, the cream and pale green of
Transactions, and the black and pink of City.
I wonder, I always wonder, who on earth put it there. Did
they put it there for me? Is it some kind of a sign, no probably a reminder, of
how my worlds collide here? Geography and Brazil . Who put it there?
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