States of Man
Gareth Cadwallader
Tender, nostalgic, romantic, funny, absurd, magically real, speculative, ironic, nightmarish, entertaining and elegantly rendered…these stories span a century of Man’s consciousness.
Once, a man might be a Gatsby chasing his girl half-way around the world, the captain of a football World Cup winning side, a raging Picasso bull in a mythical maze refusing to yield lover or art till his last mortality-defiant egotistic gasp. Straightforward enough choices, dreams, behaviour.
Suddenly he is man interrupted, underwhelmed, overworked, ridiculed, young, rock-solid or unreliable family man, father, husband, friend; his freedom evaporates: he’s globe-trotting inbox-fatigued nonsense-hearing corporate, military civil-serving quiet ministry of Everyman. He’s so exasperated he might just run away and prop up a bar, or contemplate mild treachery just to get by, and he’s put-upon, as he zigzags across #TimesUp, political correctness, game theory, oh… and… the women in his life.
Now here he stands staring down the barrel of the 21st Century – he’s superman, he’s transhuman, he’s disassembling, he’s nearly done for
…or is he?
Author - Gareth Cadwallader.
Narrator - Barney Goodall.
Published Date - Wednesday, 24 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2019 Gareth Cadwallader ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Tender, nostalgic, romantic, funny, absurd, magically real, speculative, ironic, nightmarish, entertaining and elegantly rendered…these stories span a century of Man’s consciousness. Once, a man might be a Gatsby chasing his girl half-way around the world, the captain of a football World Cup winning side, a raging Picasso bull in a mythical maze refusing to yield lover or art till his last mortality-defiant egotistic gasp. Straightforward enough choices, dreams, behaviour. Suddenly he is man interrupted, underwhelmed, overworked, ridiculed, young, rock-solid or unreliable family man, father, husband, friend; his freedom evaporates: he’s globe-trotting inbox-fatigued nonsense-hearing corporate, military civil-serving quiet ministry of Everyman. He’s so exasperated he might just run away and prop up a bar, or contemplate mild treachery just to get by, and he’s put-upon, as he zigzags across #TimesUp, political correctness, game theory, oh… and… the women in his life. Now here he stands staring down the barrel of the 21st Century – he’s superman, he’s transhuman, he’s disassembling, he’s nearly done for …or is he? Author - Gareth Cadwallader. Narrator - Barney Goodall. Published Date - Wednesday, 24 January 2024. Copyright - © 2019 Gareth Cadwallader ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:00:52
Chapter 2
Duration:00:17:42
Chapter 3
Duration:00:10:06
Chapter 4
Duration:00:21:51
Chapter 5
Duration:00:22:53
Chapter 6
Duration:00:29:25
Chapter 7
Duration:00:25:45
Chapter 8
Duration:00:20:44
Chapter 9
Duration:00:12:30
Chapter 10
Duration:00:16:46
Chapter 11
Duration:00:20:41
Chapter 12
Duration:00:22:22
Chapter 13
Duration:00:00:52