Books published by Granta Books

Journeying across the British Isles and drawing on his own mining and stonemasonry background, geologist Ted Nield unearths the ways in which the rocks beneath our feet shape our lives

A compelling and unique insight into the last days of World War II told through first-hand accounts

Knausgaard's novel A Time For Everything was originally published by Portobello as A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven. The book is now restored to its original structure in a new edition which is faithful to the original text.

An entertaining and thought-provoking look at the food on our plates, and what it can teach us about being human, from the author of The Ego Trick and The Pig That Wants to be Eaten

A novel that marks the maturing of a singular British writing talent - and perhaps the most significant writer to come out of Wales in a generation

From the celebrated author of The Journalist and the Murderer and Reading Chekhov comes a brilliant, compelling collection of essays on art, artists and the troubled nature of biography

A brilliant, ambitious follow-up to The Secret Lives of Buildings, in which Hollis turns his focus from the great architectural constructions of the past and present to the now-vanished chambers they once contained

';These are thoughts for us all, sooner or laterand this is a book Ill keep with me, as long as I live.'David Sexton, The Scotsman In 2008, art critic Tom Lubbock was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor and told he had only two years to live. Physically fit and healthy, and suffering from few symptoms, he faced his death with the same directness and courage that had marked the rest of his life. Lubbock was renowned for the clarity and unconventionality of his writing, and his characteristic fierce intelligence permeates this extraordinary chronicle. With unflinching honesty and curiosity, he repeatedly turns over the fact of his mortality, as he wrestles with the paradoxical question of how to live, knowing we're going to die. Defying the initial diagnosis, Tom survived for three years. He savored his remaining days; engaging with books, art, friends, his wife and their young son, while trying to stay focused on the fact of his impending death. There are medical detailshe vividly describes the slow process of losing control over speech as the tumor gradually pressed down on the area of his brain responsible for languagebut this is much more than a book about illness; rather, its a book about a man who remains in thrall to life, as he inches closer to death. ';I hope that if I am ever diagnosed with a terminal illness I will remember to reread Until Further Notice, I Am Alive. It is, in its tough-minded way, truly joyous.'Lynn Barber, Sunday Times

A penetrating and uncompromising account of one of the greatest scandals in modern Italian politics - the kidnap and murder of former Prime Minister Aldo Moro

A crime has been committed in a public place. A dark-suited man was shot as he ran for a bus. The investigating officer of the crime soon finds that, in this small Mafia-run town, no one saw him fall...

A lucid introduction to the chilling but clear system of thought of the most notorious anti-Semite in history

From one of our most engaging theological thinkers, here is a lucid, enlightening introduction to how the Qur'an has been understood by Muslims in the traditions of Islam and in worship