Episode 1771
'Flesh' Wins the Booker Prize
November 21, 202521m 39s
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Show Notes
The 2025 Booker Prize went to Flesh, a novel about a Hungarian teenager who enters into an affair with a married woman, a relationship that will have consequences for the rest of his life. Author David Szalay discusses his book, fresh off his Booker win.
Topics
postcommunist_cultural_contextlifeinternational_literary_prizeliterary_drama_analysishistorymodern_european_novelpsychological_realism_proseadolescence_and_desiremoral_complexity_in_fictionstorytellingillicit_relationship_themebookseastern_european_fictioncoming_of_age_tension