Flesh: A Novel. David Szalay
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ISBN: 9781982122812 | 368 pages | 10 Mb
- Flesh: A Novel
- David Szalay
- Page: 368
- Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
- ISBN: 9781982122812
- Publisher: Scribner
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Notes From Your Bookseller Does money talk? Taking several leaps up the socioeconomic ladder, István finally finds himself surrounded by London's elite but at what price? Szalay's poignant writing offers a lens into one teenage boy's brush with trauma that continues to haunt him far into adulthood. From Booker Prize finalist David Szalay, a propulsive, hypnotic novel, about a man whose future is derailed by a series of events that he is unable to control. Teenaged István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. Shy and new in town, he is a stranger to the social rituals practiced by his classmates and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbor—a married woman close to his mother’s age, whom he begrudgingly helps with errands—as his only companion. But as these periodical encounters shift into a clandestine relationship that István himself can barely understand, his life soon spirals out of control, ending in a violent accident that leaves a man dead. What follows is a rocky trajectory that sees István emigrate from Hungary to London, where he moves from job to job before finding steady work as a driver for London’s billionaire class. At each juncture, his life is affected by the goodwill or self-interest of strangers. Through it all, István is a calm, detached observer of his own life, and through his eyes we experience a tragic twist on an immigrant “success story,” brightened by moments of sensitivity, softness, and Szalay’s keen observation. Fast-paced and immersive, Flesh reveals István’s life through intimate moments, with lovers, employers, and family members, charted over the course of decades. As the story unfolds, the tension between what is seen and unseen, what can and cannot be said, hurtles forward until finally—with everything at stake—sudden tragedy again throws life as István knows it in jeopardy. Spare and penetrating, Flesh traces the imperceptible but indelible contours of unresolved trauma and its aftermath amid the precarity and violence of an ever-globalizing Europe with incisive insight, unyielding pathos, and startling humanity.
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(The author himself is cagily insistent that while the book may not constitute a novel, it is most definitely not a work of short fiction.) That work, set .
Flesh: A Novel (Hardcover) | McNally Jackson Books
Flesh follows its protagonist, István, from a Hungarian boyhood characterised by isolation, hardship, and misunderstanding to a London adulthood .
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I was a working-class kid, there were few female protagonists in the books I read, and until then I'd never heard the term “coming-of-age novel.” But I knew .
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Szalay's straightforward, spare prose helps propel the novel as the effects of that tragedy reverberate throughout his life . The power of Flesh is Szalay's .
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A propulsive, hypnotic novel, about a man whose future is derailed by a series of events that he is unable to control.
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Istvan, the protagonist in David Szalay's new novel “Flesh,” is a character who reveals little in his conversations with others.
Summary and Reviews of Flesh by David Szalay - BookBrowse.com
Book Summary. From Booker Prize finalist David Szalay, a propulsive, hypnotic novel, about a man whose future is derailed by a series of events that .
Flesh and Blood - Macmillan Publishers
Book Details. From the bestselling author of The Hours and Specimen Days comes a generous, masterfully crafted novel with all the power of a Greek tragedy.
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All along, there is an economy of words resulting in an expertly crafted book, one where you feel that nothing is superfluous, and nothing is missing. A .
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