Question

A. I lay back down and tried again. Same
result. I was on the point of disappearing
into the land of nod when something told
me not to. It must have been those
emergency electrical impulses again, but
this was not the same as on previous
occasions. This time, I wasn't gasping for
breath, I was simply not allowed to go to
sleep.
a) The author is in​

Answer 1

The given excerpt is taken from the story "The Silk Road" written by the famous Nick Middleton.

Explanation:

• Here the author explains how he was not able to sleep at all. He was anxious and agitated that something was off. He was in the land of signals.

• Whenever he sat up, he could breathe and felt light.

• He tried to stabilize himself against the wall. He was sacred to sleep. He assumed that he might die the minute he falls asleep.