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lampros
Ja. Det är rätt. Så nu har du frågan, FromAnotherPlace.
Jag befinner mig för tillfället i ett läge, där jag har begränsad tillgång till fysiska böcker, så det här citatet är taget ur en E-bok (engelsk översättning). Det bör vara enkelt för er som är bekanta med författaren att lista ut. Kan påpeka att det inte är en roman, utan en novell.
''He then paused for a moment, as if he was asking the Traveller for a more detailed reason for his question, and said, “It would be useless to give him that information. He experiences it on his own body.” The Traveller really wanted to keep quiet at this point, but he felt how the Condemned Man was gazing at him—he seemed to be asking whether he could approve of the process the Officer had described. So the Traveller, who had up to this point been leaning back, bent forward again and kept up his questions, “But does he nonetheless have some general idea that he’s been condemned?” “Not that either,” said the Officer, and he smiled at the Traveller, as if he was still waiting for some strange revelations from him. “No?” said the Traveller, wiping his forehead, “Then does the man also not yet know how his defence was received?” “He has had no opportunity to defend himself,” said the Officer and looked away, as if he was talking to himself and wished not to embarrass the Traveller with an explanation of matters so self-evident to him.''