Yeni Zelandali yazar (Nene Janet Paterson Clutha) Janet Frame'in olum yildonumu (29 Ocak 2004)
“Bir tutuklu olume mahkum edildiginde olum hucresinin civarindaki butun saatlerin durduruldugu soylenir; sanki saatin kaldirilmasi zamanin akisini kesecek ve tutukluyu saniyelerin dev dalgalar gibi yukselip kabardigi ama asla kiyiya ulasmadigi zamansizlik sahilinde mahsur birakmis gibi.” Sudaki Yuzler
“When a prisoner is condemned to dieall clocks in the neighbourhood ofthe death cell are stopped, as if the removal of the clock will cut off the flow oftime and maroon the prisoner on a coast of timelessness where the moments, like breakers, rise and surge near but never touch the shore.”
“ ‘Gozlerini kapat!’ diyor Bashemsire.
Ama ben caresizlige gomulmusum ve gozlerimi acik tutup gizli isareti gozluyorum; bashemsire, diger dort hemsire ve Pavlova omuzlarima ve dizlerime bastirirken karanliga acilan, yerdeki bir kapaktan iceri dustugumu hissediyorum. Duserken gozlerimin iceri dogru dondugunu ve benim yardimim olmadan kanitladiklari farkli birer gercekle yuzlesip birbirlerini sasirttiklarini hayal ediyorum.”
“ ‘Close your eyes!’ Matron says.
But I keep them open, observing the secretive signal and engulfed with helplessness while the matron and four nurses and Pavlova press upon my shoulders and my knees and I feel myself dropping as if a trap door had opened into darkness. I imagine as I fall my eyes turning inward toface and confound each other with a separate truth whichthey prove without my help .”



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