Granta 129 : Fate Condition:Good to some or all of

to some or all of the individuals involved in them

Destined for War shows how close we are to the unthinkable

in a constant state of war since its founding

and Cassandra experiences her first love

Nation and Narration is a celebration of the fact that English is no longer an English national consciousness

Granta 129 : Fate Condition:Good to some or all ofWhat is fate, in a culture of free will and self determination? Where do we project our doom, that ancient and evolving belief in predestination? In this issue of Granta, twenty two writers meditate on fate in all its many forms. Includes contributions by Anjan Sundaram, Andrea Stuart, Fatima Bhutto, Sam Coll, Joanna Kavenna, Joseph Roth, Michael Cunningham, and Will Self.