Struggling maybe, but waving not drowning. This issue of "Granta" contains writing from people whose experience of life suggests they have something to tell us about survival.This work features Diana Athill, Javier Cercas, Gerard Donovan, Richard Ford, James Hamilton-Paterson, Jackie Kay, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Helen Simpson, Paul Theroux, and a picture essay by Martin Parr.