Meet the Bàrd - Tony Tulathimutte in conversation with Otegha Uwagba
Wed, Aug 20
|London
New York based Tony Tulathimutte discusses REJECTION, an audacious and original novel-in-stories following a cast of intricately linked characters as rejection throws their lives and relationships into chaos.
Time & Location
Aug 20, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
London, 341-343 Roman Rd, Bow, London E3 5QR, UK
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About the event
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION
An audacious and original novel-in-stories following a cast of intricately linked characters as rejection throws their lives and relationships into chaos.
Sharply observant and outrageously funny, Rejection is a provocative plunge into the thorniest problems of modern life: sex, relationships, identity and the internet.
We see a tryhard male feminist's passionate allyship turn to a furious and debilitating nihilism as he realizes, over thirty lonely years, that his feminism isn't getting him laid; a young woman's unrequited crush spirals into borderline obsession and the systematic destruction of both her sense of self and her group chat; and witness a shy late bloomer's flailing efforts at a first relationship lead to a life-upending mistake. As these characters pop up in each other's dating apps and social media feeds, or meet in dimly lit bars and bedrooms, they reveal the ways that our…