Turbulence, David Szalay, author; Gabra Zackman, narrator This tiny novel packs a big punch. It begins with the story of a woman who is visiting her son who has been suffering with, and is being treated for, Prostate Cancer. His prognosis is unknown, but he is not optimistic. As the story reveals it...
TURBULENCE by David Szalay This very short book is a collection of very loosely connected vignettes. Each tells of an incident in the life of the “main” character, a person who has interacted in some way with the main character of the preceding story. Although each vignette poses a problem or life c...
Is this it? Is this how I have spent my life?Lying there with a broken heart on bedroom floorsAnd finally, finally I realize, I realize that I'm only a manI'm only a man, I'm only a man, I'm only a man“Story About a Man With a Bad Heart” - EmeryOne of my all-time favorite music albums is I'm Only a ...
No dedication.Opening - London light in the scuffed, keyed windows of a Piccadilly-Line train from Heathrow. London light on the open spaces it hurries past, on the passing spokes of perdendicular suburban streets, on playing fields seen through a perimeter line of faint shadowed trees.Cardboard cut...