Freeman's Arrival

<p>We live today in constant motion, travelling distances rapidly, small ones daily, arriving in new states. In this inaugural edition of <i>Freeman''s</i>, a new biannual of unpublished writing, former <i>Granta </i>editor and NBCC president John Freeman brings together the best new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about that electrifying moment when we arrive.<br><br>Strange encounters abound. David Mitchell meets a ghost in Hiroshima Prefecture; Lydia Davis recounts her travels in the exotic territory of the Norwegian language; and in a Dave Eggers story, an elderly gentleman cannot remember why he brought a fork to a wedding.<br><br>End points often turn out to be new beginnings. Louise Erdrich visits a Native American cemetery that celebrates the next journey, and in a Haruki Murakami story, an ageing actor arrives back in his true self after performing a role, discovering he has changed, becoming a new person.<br><br>Featuring startling new fiction by Laura van den Berg, Helen Simpson, and Tahmima Anam, as well as stirring essays by Aleksandar Hemon, Barry Lopez, and Garnette Cadogan, <i>Freeman''s</i> announces the arrival of an essential map to the best new writing in the world.</p>