{"product_id":"all-that-man-is-9781555977900","title":"All That Man Is","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2016 \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e Plimpton Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent and ambitiously conceived portrait of contemporary life, by a genius of realism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is \u003c\/i\u003etraces the arc of life from the spring of youth to the winter of old age by following nine men who range from the working-class ex-grunt to the pompous college student, the middle-aged loser to the Russian oligarch. Ludicrous and inarticulate, shocking and despicable, vital, pitiable, and hilarious, these men paint a picture of modern manhood. David Szalay is a master of a new kind of realism that vibrates with detail, intelligence, relevance, and devastating pathos. In \u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e, a Man Booker Prize finalist and the winner of the Gordon Burn Prize and the Plimpton Prize, he brilliantly illuminates the physical and emotional terrain of an increasingly globalized Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Szalay's prose . . . is frequently brilliant, remarkable for its grace and economy . . .  \u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e] has a new urgency now that the post-Cold War dream of a Europe of open borders and broad, shared identity has come under increasing question.\" --Garth Greenwell, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Szalay does so much and so well that we come to view his snapshots of lives as brilliant, captivating dramas.\" --\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e (Minneapolis)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A 100-megawatt novel: intelligent, intricate, so very well made, the form perfectly fitting the content. When I reached the end, I turned straight back to the start to begin again.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555977900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"David Szalay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397682987189,"sku":"9781555977900","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4e8c88c2-381c-4b46-8716-93673b3a6b58.jpg?v=1702392593","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/all-that-man-is-9781555977900","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}