Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months agoFlesh by David Szalay review brilliantly spare portrait of a man
The novel Flesh explores existential themes through the life of a passive protagonist, Istvan, amid life's uncontrollable forces.
Being burned alive typically causes death in just a few minutes. However, those few minutes are torturous. Fire causes soft tissues to contract, leading to skin tearing off in layers, starting with the outermost layer, the epidermis.