Granta 165

From Lower Saxony to Leipzig, the carwash to the planetarium, the special Deutschland issue of Granta comprises the most promising developments of contemporary German literature. In Leif Randt’s “Allegro Pastel,” the smooth consciousness of a Merkel-era young professional’s flight into a lifestyle is examined with a clinical scalpel. The issue includes stories by Yoko Tawada, Judith Hermann, Shida...