toril
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Hi all,
I'm translating part of a book by Derek Nikitas, called Pyres from English to Norwegian. The book is in the crime/noir genre.
I'm wondering about this:
1.
Her ears thrummed once, then seared, stunned by the gun blast. Moist breeze flicked across her face.
It's the second sentence that gives me headache. Is the "moist breeze" coming from the outside (caused by the gun blast?) or is it a way to describe that she's perspiring?
2.
Then, next sentence:
Then came a second impact and the whole earth jostled.
Does it mean a second shot by the gun or a second sound caused by the first gun shot? And "the earth jostled"? Meaning that the earth was shaking?
3.
And the next:
...a million crystal bits poured onto the seat where Luc had just been reclined.
Does "had just been reclined" mean that she was forced to lie down (by the seat moving or by the shock of the gun) or that she had lied down by herself?
4.
And also:
Dad lurched backward into his seat and there were thick warm droplets of dark red rain wetting Luc's upraised hand and spackling the back window. And puffs of yellow foam coughing backward from Dad's headrest.
It's the second sentence I'm wondering about: what is this "yellow foam" supposed to be? And when it's "coughing backward from Dad's headrest", does it mean that the yellow foam is coming from the headrest or from Dad himself (some sentences further down we learn that he's dead, with a "ruined skull")?
I appreciate any insight!
Thanks!
Toril
I'm translating part of a book by Derek Nikitas, called Pyres from English to Norwegian. The book is in the crime/noir genre.
I'm wondering about this:
1.
Her ears thrummed once, then seared, stunned by the gun blast. Moist breeze flicked across her face.
It's the second sentence that gives me headache. Is the "moist breeze" coming from the outside (caused by the gun blast?) or is it a way to describe that she's perspiring?
2.
Then, next sentence:
Then came a second impact and the whole earth jostled.
Does it mean a second shot by the gun or a second sound caused by the first gun shot? And "the earth jostled"? Meaning that the earth was shaking?
3.
And the next:
...a million crystal bits poured onto the seat where Luc had just been reclined.
Does "had just been reclined" mean that she was forced to lie down (by the seat moving or by the shock of the gun) or that she had lied down by herself?
4.
And also:
Dad lurched backward into his seat and there were thick warm droplets of dark red rain wetting Luc's upraised hand and spackling the back window. And puffs of yellow foam coughing backward from Dad's headrest.
It's the second sentence I'm wondering about: what is this "yellow foam" supposed to be? And when it's "coughing backward from Dad's headrest", does it mean that the yellow foam is coming from the headrest or from Dad himself (some sentences further down we learn that he's dead, with a "ruined skull")?
I appreciate any insight!
Thanks!
Toril