GR translation: not so much the changes she felt in air and light

[Mike Jing]

Right, and this impression of a caricature of a real spring is not hers,
but rather Roger's, since she believes they are really at peace, but Roger
doesn't, also the narration here is from Roger's perspective.


On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> She feels the changes in air and light but what affects her, the new
> world, is more of a caricature, driving out the immediacy brought by the
> rockets falling.
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
> On 04/11/2025 13:52, Mike Jing wrote:
> > V628.32-41, P641.9-19   The day the rockets stopped falling, it began to
> > end for Roger and Jessica. As it grew clear, day after safe day, that no
> > more would fall ever again, the new world crept into and over her like
> > spring—not so much the changes she felt in air and light, in the crowds
> at
> > Woolworth’s, as a bad cinema spring, full of paper leaves and cotton-wool
> > blossoms and phony lighting . . . no, never again will she stand at their
> > kitchen sink with a china cup squeaking in her fingers, its small
> > crying-child sound defenseless, meekly resonating BLOWN OUT OF ATTENTION
> AS
> > THE ROCKET FELL smashing to a clatter of points white and blue across the
> > floor. . . .
> >
> > What does "not so much the changes she felt in air and light" mean
> exactly?
> > Does she feel the changes or not? And the appearance of "a bad cinema
> > spring" is not actually her own impression, is that correct?
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>