{"product_id":"flesh-david-szalay","title":"Flesh (David Szalay)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFlesh\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Author: David Szalay \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e About Book \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Publisher: Penguin Random House \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Published date: 2025 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pages: 350 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e isbn: 9780224099790 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e GoodReads Rating: 3.7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e Condition \u0026amp; Size \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Size: Format C (Large Format) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Type: Paperback \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Condition: Excellent \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Condition Notes: Bent pages \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e Summary\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeenaged Istv������������������n lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. Shy and new in town, he is a stranger to the social rituals practiced by his classmates and is soon isolated, drawn instead into a series of events that leave him forever a stranger to peers, his mother, and himself. In the years that follow, Istv������������������n is born along by the goodwill, or self-interest, of strangers, charting a rocky yet upward tr he could possibly have imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of intimate moments over the course of decades, Flesh chronicles a man at odds with himself���������������������������estranged from and by the circumstances and demands of a life not entirely under his control and the roles that he is asked to play. Shadowed by the specter of past tragedy and the apathy of modernity, the tension between Istv������������������n and all that alienates him hurtles forward until sudden tragedy again throws life as he knows it in jeopardy. ���������������������������Spare and detached on the page, lush in resonance beyond it�����������ï¿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Szalay, David","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42895264284749,"sku":"CONF20260420173","price":159.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/3856\/4685\/files\/9780224099790_20260413_164146_fe6509cc-415d-40c9-9390-cab4dbdd4164.jpg?v=1776691563","url":"https:\/\/readmatter.co.za\/products\/flesh-david-szalay","provider":"Readmatter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}