Granta 168With a focus on energetic and voice driven fiction, our summer issue will be centered on desire: crushes, companionship, delusion and devastation. Kevin Brazil, Victor Heringer and Alexandra Tanner, among others, query what it means to refract ourselves through others and have our identities designed, upheld or crushed by the people we love. In non fiction, Snigdha Poonam writes on sectarian tensions in India and the construction of a temple on

death omens and - of course - danger

the poet looks back at his own existence

and has been at it ever since

the first member of the Opposition to do so-surely a triumph of Indian democracy

ReMaking the form of the novel as a way to bear witness

this book introduces children to stories and characters from across the world

As Banks and Annie dig into the past to uncover the deeper connections

he must be investigated

and through Saran’s own experiences as diplomat and Foreign Secretary

this book about choices and their consequences is a gripping read

this book will help you unleash your mental powers

Follow the clever cat as it uses its wit and charm to help its master achieve greatness and win the hand of a princess