Shimmered.
"Though no longer in the sun, this window shimmered with reflected light from somewhere." 68
One of Handke's key words. Repeated now twice maybe three times. Found one on page 44: "Their talk of illness, a distinct sequence of voices, one loud, one soft, one plaintive, one calm, each in turn setting the tone, transformed the moving bus into a stage belonging exclusively to these women, a glass cage in which the light of a whole country had accumulated, and this light, the light of another country which was nevertheless present and traveling along with the bus, dispersed and spiritualized everything that was heavy and corporeal. The women's head scarves shimmered, and bunches of garden flowers peered out of their handbags."
"I thought about the shimmering of the blind window, it still imparted a clear message--to me it meant: 'Friend, you have time.'" 69
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