Chapter 18

-Are you comfortable? Beitz asks as we climb into the car. It is so clean here that it’s even scary to touch something, so as not to inadvertently get dirty, and also, it smells pleasantly of oranges and freshness.

“Very—pulling the belt, I throw it over my shoulder and lean back on the back of the seat, looking ahead of me. I feel a slight discomfort, which any person feels when he finds himself in a similar situation, and also a stupor, but this is not as terrible as strange vibrations in the lower abdomen. Why is it precisely because of such seemingly ordinary things that the body...