The man in my life is, at best, uncooperative when it comes to posing for photographs. Our holiday albums are littered with images of his tongue, his teeth, the whites of his eyes, blurry triplicates of him that remain undetectable until long after the actual moment of picture-taking. When I ask him…
Un-Possible Retour
Téa Obreht & Clarisse d'Arcimoles
‘It confirms my belief that the universal exists in particularity.’
40 years of Granta

The Silkworms
Nothing to see here!

Peace Shall Destroy Many
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Blue Sky Days
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Vladimir in Love
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

The Transition
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know? What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
Téa Obreht
Téa Obreht’s first novel, The Tiger’s Wife, was published in 2011.
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Clarisse d’Arcimoles is a photographer and installation artist. Her photo series Un-Possible Retour was exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery as part of Newspeak: British Art Now.
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