Citations:efflorescent


 * 1964 &mdash; Then, as it came into focus, it assumed an unexpected form: a white skull&mdash;the universal symbol for poison ... white, powder-covered tablets at the bottom of his insect bottle ... an amazing resemblance between the texture of the moon’s surface and that of the efflorescent tablets of potassium cyanide. &mdash; Kobo Abé, The Woman in the Dunes, Chapter 30, 1962. Translated from Japanese by E. Dale Saunders.