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David Szalay reads “Plaster,” from the December 9, 2024, issue of the magazine. Szalay is the author of six books of fiction, including “All That Man Is,” which won the Plimpton Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2016, “Turbulence,” and “Flesh,” which will be published in April of 2025.
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For Episode 4 of Book Chat, we travel back just a decade or so, to Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and David Szalay's short stories in a novel, All That Man Is.We discuss Mohsin Hamid's ability to condense big ideas - what makes a fundamentalist? What biases are you bringing to the story? - into readable prose (and his other magical novels like Exit West) and David Szalay's attempt to condense modern masculinity from teen to OAP, as it roves Europe - in one book. You can get in touch bookchatpod@gmail.comSound by Joel Grove and production by Pandora SykesBooks/articles mentioned:All That Man Is and London and the South-East by David SzalayThe Reluctant Fundamentalist, Exit West and The Last White Man by Mohsin HamidGames and Rituals and Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine HeinyThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le CarréShuggie Bain by Douglas StuartThe Rachel Papers by Martin AmisIf on a winter's night a traveller by Italo CalvinoHome Fire by Kamila ShamsieThe Runaways by Fatima Bhutto‘All That Man Is', by David Szalay, review by Christopher Tayler for the Financial Times – https://www.ft.com/content/fe2db1c4-f797-11e5-803c-d27c7117d132 'All That Man Is,' and a Lot He Is Not, in David Szalay's View, by Dwight Garner for The New York Times – https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/books/review-all-that-man-is-and-a-lot-he-is-not-in-david-szalays-view.html I Pledge Allegiance, by Karen Olsson for The New York Times – https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/books/review/Olsson.t.html Clip attributions:David Szalay on Radio 4 Bookclub, 2019Mohsin Hamid on Radio 4 Bookclub, 2011Subscribe to Books + Bits: https://pandorasykes.substack.com/ Our books for Ep 5:The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesMemorial by Bryan Washington Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses by James Joyce
Pages 725 - 734 │ Eumaeus, part III │ Read by David SzalayDavid Szalay is the author of several books including "London and the South-East", "All That Man Is", and most recently "Turbulence". His work has won and been short-listed for numerous awards, and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Born in Canada, he grew up in London, and now lives in Budapest.Buy Turbulence here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/I/9781529111972/turbulence*Looking for our author interview podcast? Listen here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-companySUBSCRIBE NOW FOR EARLY EPISODES AND BONUS FEATURESAll episodes of our Ulysses podcast are free and available to everyone. However, if you want to be the first to hear the recordings, by subscribing, you can now get early access to recordings of complete sections.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/channel/shakespeare-and-company/id6442697026Subscribe on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/sandcoIn addition a subscription gets you access to regular bonus episodes of our author interview podcast. All money raised goes to supporting “Friends of Shakespeare and Company” the bookshop's non-profit.*Discover more about Shakespeare and Company here: https://shakespeareandcompany.comBuy the Penguin Classics official partner edition of Ulysses here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9780241552636/ulyssesFind out more about Hay Festival here: https://www.hayfestival.com/homeAdam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Find out more about him here: https://www.adambiles.netBuy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-timeDr. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the School of Collective Intelligence at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique in Morocco.Original music & sound design by Alex Freiman.Hear more from Alex Freiman here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1Follow Alex Freiman on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/alex.guitarfreiman/Featuring Flora Hibberd on vocals.Hear more of Flora Hibberd here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EFG7rqfVfdyaXiRZbRkpSVisit Flora Hibberd's website: This is my website:florahibberd.com and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/florahibberd/ Music production by Adrien Chicot.Hear more from Adrien Chicot here: https://bbact.lnk.to/utco90/Follow Adrien Chicot on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/adrienchicot/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In Episode 5 of the EWBR Podcast, Anisha and Dhruv talk about their favourite books and authors, including Ernest Hemingway, David Szalay, Judy Blume, Arundhati Roy and Vikram Seth. Then there are some great recommendations for children's books by Russian authors. Also, the machiavellian politics of The Morning Show, verbose Aaron Sorkin vehicle The Newsroom, Defending Jacob and the fluffy Anna Kendrick starrer, Love Life. (Please note show notes may include affiliate links) WATCH The Morning Show - Apple TV https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-morning-show/umc.cmc.25tn3v8ku4b39tr6ccgb8nl6m The Dark Knight (movie) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(film) The Newsroom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Newsroom_(American_TV_series) The West Wing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_Wing Almost Famous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Famous Watchmen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen_%28TV_series%29 Defending Jacob - Apple TV https://tv.apple.com/us/show/defending-jacob/umc.cmc.5h5mr0shyyqqahqdv55ywyilr Primal Fear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_Fear_%28film%29 Love Life - BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p08nbxcw/love-life BINGE READ A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9781447294832 (also discussed in episode 1) Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780099285038 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9781781396803 The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780007141784 Summer Sisters by Judy Blume https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780751542738 All That Man Is by David Szalay https://uk.bookshop.org/books/all-that-man-is-shortlisted-for-the-man-booker-prize-2016/9780099593690 A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9781474618793 An Equal Music by Vikram Seth https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780753807736 The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780006550686 The Ministry of Utmost Happiness https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241980767 When Daddy Was a Little Boy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6672414-when-daddy-was-a-little-boy Eleven Stories for Boys and Girls https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/646895.Eleven_Stories_for_Boys_and_Girls The Adventures of Dunno and Friends by Nikolay Nosov https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1137064.The_Adventures_of_Dunno_and_his_Friends?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=d2PpTgej1H&rank=1 AND NOTHING TO EAT THIS WEEK! You can find the Eat, Watch and Binge Read Podcast @eatwatchbingeread https://instagram.com/eatwatchbingeread You can find Anisha on her blog Fashion and Frappes http://www.fashionandfrappes.com and on Instagram as https://instagram.com/fashionandfrappes Dhruv is shy and likes to pretend he's mysterious (also he can't "work the internet") so he's probably reachable at @eatwatchbingeread https://instagram.com/eatwatchbingeread --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eatwatchbingeread/message
David Szalay is the author of five works of fiction: Spring, The Innocent, London and the South-East, for which he was awarded the Betty Trask and Geoffrey Faber Memorial prizes, and 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, winner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Szalay was born in Canada, grew up in London, and now lives in Budapest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week's Teatulia Podcast, Ed Cumming sits down with novelist David Szalay, author of All That Man Is and a new collection Turbulence, to discuss the books that changed his life, which range from Animal Farm to the Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by way of The Pound Era and The March of Folly. With David Szalay. Presented by Ed Cumming. Produced by Nick Hilton for Podot. Visit https://teatuliabar.com/ to find more information about Teatulia, or visit the shop at 36 Neal Street in Covent Garden.
Westminster rules in favour of gay marriage and abortion rights in Northern Ireland, former EDL leader Tommy Robinson is sentenced to 9 months in prison (and banned from YouTube), a man dressed in a gimp suit terrorises the people of Somerset, and a love letter from Tupac to Madonna is expected to fetch $300,000 at auction. Plus, how do YOU feel about Matt Hancock's plan to link up Alexa and the NHS? (Spoiler alert: Dolly doesn't like robots.)Today we have the man who has sold 8 million books, who possesses the most delicious voice you've ever heard (it even beats Philippe Sands), the one and only David Nicholls, on the show. The screenwriter of multiple hits such as Great Expectations and Patrick Melrose and the best-selling author of Starter for 10, The Understudy, One Day and Us, he is back with a new novel, Sweet Sorrow, about a teenage summer romance in the 80s. We talk about teenage love, parenting and being parented, writing, anxiety in the internet age and that twist in One Day. E-mail thehighlowshow@gmail.comTweet @thehighlowshow LinksPre-order Dolly's novel, Ghosts, here! https://www.waterstones.com/book/ghosts/dolly-alderton/9781785177255Sweet Sorrow, by David Nicholls https://www.waterstones.com/book/sweet-sorrow/david-nicholls/9781529393088Sweet Home, by Wendy Erskine https://www.waterstones.com/book/sweet-home/wendy-erskine/9781906539726My Name Is Why, by Lemn Sissay https://www.waterstones.com/book/my-name-is-why/lemn-sissay/9781786892348The Lingering of Loss, by Jill Lepore for The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/the-lingering-of-lossKids Don't Damage Women's Careers - Men Do, by Jessica Valenti for Medium's GEN https://gen.medium.com/kids-dont-damage-women-s-careers-men-do-eb07cba689b8David Szalay on All That Man Is, for BBC Radio 4's Bookclub https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005mg6Lemn Sissay on Radio 4 Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06gthszThe Adam Buxton Podcast: episode 100 http://adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/ep100-joe-cornish-louis-theroux See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
David Szalay discusses his novel All That Man Is which was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2016. All That Man Is is a meditation of modern man told through the stories of nine men from across Europe, who are all at different stages of their lives. David says the three ages of man was present in his mind as the nine stories fall naturally into youth, middle age and older age. The characters are seemingly unrelated, and their stories are rooted in a contemporary reality, with David presenting the driving ambitions of each man in various stages of life. As well as the preoccupations of time passing and aging, the book is also about contemporary Europe, with characters in different social settings from Cyprus to Copenhagen, Budapest to Mayfair. The book was published just before the 2016 European Referendum, but David, who currently lives in Budapest, says his aim was not to pass any political judgment, but to describe modern European life as it is. Also important to him was the comic element of men's lives – from obsessions like booze to sex to social status, and how comedy can be redemptive, with incapacity being both funny and sad at the same time. Presenter : James Naughtie Producer : Dymphna Flynn July's Bookclub choice : Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2017)
Louise Doughty talks about her novel Apple Tree Yard, which went on to be a popular BBC television drama. It is the story of Yvonne, a high-flying married scientist, whose personal life is, by turns, erotic and troubled and, eventually, disastrous. Completely out of character, Yvonne has consensual sex with a stranger in the Palace of Westminster. So begins an affair with a man called Mark which in the end leads them both to the dock of the Old Bailey. Much of the book is told through Yvonne’s unsent emails to Mark. Through them we come to understand Yvonne - the conflicts between her professional and private life, the pressures on her and her family and the horror of an act of violence that becomes the hinge of the story. James Naughtie presents, and a group of readers ask the questions. Presenter: James Naughtie Interviewed guest : Louise Doughty Presenter: Dymphna Flynn June's Bookclub choice : All That Man Is by David Szalay (2016)
First Draft interview with David Szalay, author of All That Man Is.
To celebrate its place on the shortlist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize we have an interview with David Szalay about his novel All That Man Is. Is the modern male in crisis and what does this fractured tale across Europe have to tell us about them? Alex Clark interviews a man with an unsparing glance into the inside of men's heads.Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletterDavid Szalay - All That Man IsSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZEWinner of the 2016 Gordon Burn PrizeNine men. 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.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. And as the years chase them down, the stakes become bewilderingly high in this piercing portrayal of 21st-century manhood. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
French film Dheepan won the 2015 Palme d'Or, with a tale of Tamil refugees fleeing Sri Lanka and arriving in France, finding a whole new set of opportunities and problems Alistair McDowall's newest play X is set on a space station on Pluto. It opens at London's Royal Court Theatre; will our reviewers think it's out of this world? David Szalay's was named as one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists in 2013. His new novel All That Man Is looks at 9 young men in modern Europe Shakespeare In Art is an exhibition at Compton Verney looking at the many ways that artists in different disciplines have depicted the work of The Bard. The Five is a new thriller TV series where a group of friends is reunited when one of them is implicated in a murder. Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Malorie Blackman, Kerry Shale and Alice Jones. The producer is Oliver Jones.