Marathe & Steeply: even the sunset gets nationalized
The wind was moderate and constant and of about the temperature of a U.S.A. clothes-dryer set on Low.
Context
The desert itself annexed to the theme's idiom: Marathe's narration measures the wind against "a U.S.A. clothes-dryer set on Low," the whole sensorium filtered through the adjective "U.S.A." (coyotes, English, women, spiders all get it in this serial). The political reconfiguration has reached the level of perception — everything is nationally marked to the Québecer eye.