![]() Particularly in the evenings, the rim of the intraocular lens, slightly off-center, caused reflections and rainbows to form around lights, and at its worst, it could hinder accurate vision. ![]() The optical illusion was created not only by the unusual lighting conditions but also, perhaps, by the fact that an earlier cataract operation on E’s left eye had not been entirely successful. ![]() A hill planted with fir trees on the other side of the motorway, illuminated by headlights approaching from the north, had cast this dark mass in his path. Was there a rational explanation for his hallucination?Īt that particular point in the motorway, the road curved and sloped in such a way that oncoming traffic was only visible once the vehicle had advanced beyond the bend. The car had not even come to a proper halt before he realized his mistake: the road was clear, there was nothing there except, indeed, for a shadow falling across the road. hit the brakes so hard that chips of ice flew out from under the screeching tires. ![]() Before fully deciding what action to take-not so much by deliberation as by unconscious reflex-E. saw no alternative but to slam on the brakes or swerve off the road. There must have been an accident and the truck’s trailer had overturned to sprawl diagonally across both lanes of the motorway. The back-end of a truck! Such was his perception. suddenly saw a broad, dark shadow cross the beam of his headlights. That winter afternoon, just before the flyover and exit for the city of S-, E. ![]()
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