"A camel, that's what you are. A camel of consciousness."
— Powers, Richard (b. 1957)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Picador
Date
2006
Metaphor
"A camel, that's what you are. A camel of consciousness."
Metaphor in Context
He had stretches--the first year in his new Stony Brook lab; the sudden onset of his writing vocation--when he hadn't needed sleep at all. He'd work past midnight, then rise after an hour or two with fresh ideas. And the same Sylvie who marveled that he could sleep within seconds of his head touching the pillow stood in awe of his ability to go night after night on almost nothing. "A camel, that's what you are. A camel of consciousness."
(p. 165)
(p. 165)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Richard Powers, The Echo Maker (New York: Picador, 2006).
Date of Entry
06/08/2015
