Granta 108: Chicago

eronica Bond of the Gapers Block Book Club reviews Granta’s newest issue, which focuses on Chicago and Chicago writers. The issue will be available September 22nd.

“What this issue of Granta shows is that Chicago is a city rife with contradictions. It is a land made beautiful by the lake and towering skyscrapers and less so by crumbling homes and crime-stricken neighborhoods. It a place that opens its arms to immigrants the world over, yet cannot promise to keep safe those who call its limits home. It is a city that can inspire monumental aspirations and crush dreams. But, as George Saunders intones here, this is our city. For better or for worse, it contains everything we could ever desire and Granta superbly does everything to make that known.”

For the rest of Bond’s review, head to Gapers Block.