The work is about "the shock of recognition," she says.

And his closed society is more vulnerable to the shock of recognition than China's.

When he came over and sat down beside her, she felt a familiar shock of recognition.

For a moment she looked confused, then the shock of recognition hit her.

Where specific places are in question, we may experience a shock of delighted recognition.

She heard herself screaming from far away as the shock of recognition hit her.

That meant he would have to go in very fast, using the shock of recognition to his advantage.

It was as if a shock of recognition had passed through him.

But as we sat at dinner I found that, after the first shock of recognition, her presence left me cold.

He looked at the other actress, and the shock of recognition almost brought him to his feet.