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All That Man Is

Name: All That Man Is
Brand: Vintage Publishing
SKU: 9780099593690
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016

By David Szalay

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All That Man Is by David Szalay explores the lives of different men, each in a different stage of life, as they navigate personal quests and struggles across various European settings. The book paints a vivid picture of human existence, examining questions of identity, purpose, and the nature of success and failure through interconnected narratives. With its nuanced portrayal of inner dilemmas and external pressures, it invites readers to reflect on what it means to be a man in the modern world.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by the exploration of modern masculinity and the lives of men facing pivotal moments across Europe. With its insightful, interlinked stories, it offers a profound look at what it means to be a man in the 21st century.

All That Man Is

Each of them at a different stage of life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving – in the suburbs of Prague, beside a Belgian motorway, in a cheap Cypriot hotel – to understand just what it means to be alive, here and now.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZE

Men as they really are... An ingenious book from the exceptional Granta Best Young British Novelist

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All That Man Is by David Szalay was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and is the winner of the Edge Hill Reader's Choice Award.

Men as they really are... An ingenious book from the exceptional Granta Best Young British Novelist.

The narrative explores the lives of nine men. Each man is at a different stage of life, away from home, striving to understand what it means to be alive in the present moment. Their stories unfold in a variety of settings, from the suburbs of Prague to beside a Belgian motorway, and in a cheap Cypriot hotel.

Tracing an arc from the spring of youth to the winter of old age, All That Man Is brings these separate lives together to show us men as they are—ludicrous and inarticulate, shocking and despicable; vital, pitiable, hilarious, and full of heartfelt longing.

As the years chase them down, the stakes become bewilderingly high in this piercing portrayal of 21st-century manhood.

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David Szalay's All That Man Is has been highly praised for pushing the boundaries between the novel and short story form, examining European masculinity in crisis with exceptional prose. Reviewers have lauded its bracing, thrilling, and chilling narrative, while others noted its profound impact on how they perceive the world. The book's intelligent exploration of life's meaning makes it a standout in contemporary fiction, with critics naming it as one of the best books of the year.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099593690

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 April 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 314g

Pages: 448

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David Szalay Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

David Szalay is the author of five previous works of fiction- Spring, The Innocent, London and the South-East, for which he was awarded the Betty Trask and Geoffrey Faber Memorial prizes, All That Man Is, for which he was awarded the Gordon Burn prize and Plimpton Prize for Fiction, and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and Turbulence, which won the Edge Hill Prize. Born in Canada, he grew up in London, and now lives in Vienna. His work has been translated into over twenty languages.