Tag: Moral ambiguity
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David Szalay’s Flesh: A Booker Prize-Winning Masterpiece
Introduction: A Booker Prize Moment When the Booker Prize shortlist was announced, the literary world braced for a year of ardent debate, and David Szalay delivered with Flesh, the novel that would soon be crowned the winner. Szalay’s sixth book has attracted both rapt admiration and thoughtful controversy, not least for its unflinching portrayal of…
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David Szalay on Flesh: The Booker Prize-Winning Novel and the Art of Writing About Sex
Introduction: A Booker Moment and a Writer’s Philosophy When journalist and readers first learned that David Szalay had won the Booker Prize for Flesh, there was a sense that the award recognized more than a narrative achievement. It celebrated a writer who has consistently pushed the boundaries of form and subject matter, and who has…