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torpor (en)

(noun) a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility / (noun) a state of lowered physiological activity typically characterized by reduced metabolism, heart rate, respiration, and body temperature that occurs in varying degrees especially in hibernating and estivating animals / (noun) apathy dullness

Granta 162: Definitive Narratives of Escape
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Granta 162: Definitive Narratives of Escape
by Granta (editor)

Granta 162: Definitive Narratives of Escape
by Granta (editor)


I had spent the years before in a generalised torpor. At home, this had been understood and made legible as a depression

—p.12 Reproducing Paul (9) by Granta
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