Granta 29 - New World

What does it mean to leave your country?

Is it possible, by travelling to a New World, to become a new person?

A year ago, Jonathan Raban crossed the Atlantic by ship and, like the immigrants before him, made for America.

The first of four installments, 'New World' is the story of his journey, a journey in search of a new language, a new name, a new identity. A life.