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The night deepened, became threaded through with a string of similar occurrences. My shadow’s edges became aware of a quiet touch; the presence of another soul.
— Feb 10, 2026 01:45PM
Carol
is on page 57 of 218
And perhaps, or so it seemed, my companion was equally baffled. Without the familiar bulwark of language, still we sensed, as a physical force, our existence in the mind of the other. When, eventually, I felt him sigh away, his resignation, his abandonment, left me alone again.
— Feb 10, 2026 01:43PM
Carol
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The one stage in the process that you couldn’t quite get your head around was the singing of the national anthem, which took place at a brief, informal memorial service for the bereaved families, after their dead had been formally placed in the coffins…. Why would you sing the national anthem for people who’d been killed by soldiers?
— Feb 10, 2026 01:15PM
Carol
is on page 10 of 218
Translator, Deborah Smith: ”To me, “faithfulness” in translation primarily concerns the effect on the reader rather than being an issue of syntax, and so I tried to aim for a nonspecific colloquialism that would carry the warmth Han intended. Though I did smuggle in the tiniest bit of Yorkshire — call it translator’s license.”
I’m speechless.
— Feb 10, 2026 12:51PM
I’m speechless.
