# @shenrynam on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRwjkU-ietm
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-02T11:02:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Henry Nam 승우 (@shenrynam) — https://gondola.cc/shenrynam

## Caption

David Szalay’s Flesh reminded me that an ordinary life can hold the weight and shape of a novel. There is nothing spectacular about the protagonist—no grand triumphs, no dramatic downfall—yet Szalay’s quiet, precise writing reveals meaning in the small, unspoken moments that make up a life.

What stayed with me most was a simple realization: stories don’t need to be extraordinary to matter. Even a life that feels plain, uncertain, or unfinished can be seen—and understood —as literature.

And somewhere in that realization, I felt something shift.
Maybe my life, too—with its doubts, detours, and quiet hopes —could one day become a story worth reading.

jonathancapebooks #flesh #davidszalay #bookerprize2025

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