Odd in-between period which sometimes inserts itself into historical time when not only the later historians but the actors and witnesses, the living… - Nadine Gordimer

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Odd in-between period which sometimes inserts itself into historical time when not only the later historians but the actors and witnesses, the living themselves, become aware of an interval in time which is altogether determined by things that are no longer and by things that are not yet. In history, these intervals have shown more than once that they may contain the moment of truth.