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All that man is

Szalay David
ID 299167
Slug all-that-man-is-david-szalay
Contributors
Author : David Szalay
Annotation A portrait of contemporary manhood, contemporary Europe and contemporary life, through nine stories about nine men at different stages of their life, away from home and striving
Description <p>Nine men. Each of them at a different stage of life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving &ndash; in the suburbs of Prague, beside a Belgian motorway, in a cheap Cypriot hotel &ndash; to understand just what it means to be alive, here and now.</p> <p>Tracing an arc from the spring of youth to the winter of old age, <em>All That Man Is</em> brings these separate lives together to show us men as they are &ndash; ludicrous and inarticulate, shocking and despicable; vital, pitiable, hilarious, and full of heartfelt longing.</p> <p>As the men get older, the stakes become bewilderingly high in this piercing portrayal of 21st-century manhood.</p>
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Subjects
300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
NSTC
Publisher Ballantine Books (imprint of Ballantine Publishing
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 437
Duration
Publication date first 2016-04-07
Publication date latest 2017-03-17
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Editions
  • ISBN: 9780099593690 (BC)
  • ISBN: 9780224099769 (BB)

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