"Odd things were unearthed, bits of memory that must have been floating around like the fragment of bone inside my knee."

— McCarthy, Tom (b. 1969)


Work Title
Date
2005
Metaphor
"Odd things were unearthed, bits of memory that must have been floating around like the fragment of bone inside my knee."
Metaphor in Context
Odd things were unearthed, bits of memory that must have been floating around like the fragment of bone inside my knee. I heard ambulance drivers discussing their experiences of treating people who'd been hit by different falling objects, and the varying chances of survival in each instance.
(p.230)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Tom McCarthy, Remainder (New York: Vintage, 2005).
Date of Entry
06/08/2015

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.