TRTR(I.3) Empty Handed Lazarus Flesh

[Jed Kelestron]

The attention to pattern recognition that permeates the text is
illustrated by WG's technique of repeating words, images, and phrases,
especially within chapters, but also over the course of the novel.
There are numerous examples, but these caught my eye as I was
reviewing the uses of hands in Chapter 3.

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Left hand; right hand: they moved over her with equal assurance.
Undistinguished here they raised her flesh, and Esther rose to
reconcile them, to provide common ground where each might know what
the other is doing. (79:11-14)

[...] her hand moved down his body to find him and gently raise him to
life. (86:31-2)

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His empty hands opened and closed at his sides, as though seeking
something to occupy them. (88:2-3)

He stood, his hands at his sides, opening and closing on nothing. (134:6)

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