The People, Food Fit for a King
Yitzhak Laor
1993
The warden didn’t answer. He was scared to make a mistake, to say something that would be even more damaging to him, so he cleared his throat and didn’t say a word. The commander repeated his question: “Why did you hit him?” And the warden didn’t answer, persisted in not answering, and the question came back again and again and the shouts grew…
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