In literature, “efface” is employed to convey the act of deliberately wiping away or diminishing traces—whether of physical marks, memories, or even aspects of one’s identity. Authors sometimes use it in a literal sense, as when characters attempt to efface dust or stains from a surface [1] or erase a physical impression [2], while in other contexts the term is used metaphorically to indicate the fading of emotional burdens or the rewriting of one’s past [3, 4]. In several works, protagonists speak of the need to efface themselves or past transgressions in order to start anew [5, 6], and even natural forces like time are cast as agents that might efface formerly indelible experiences [7, 8]. This versatile word thus enriches literary language by evoking the tension between the desire for renewal and the persistence of history.