"For he has it in him, he knows, his imagination is of the same colour as Brodsky's."
— Coetzee, J. M. (b. 1940)
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Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Penguin
Date
2002
Metaphor
"For he has it in him, he knows, his imagination is of the same colour as Brodsky's."
Metaphor in Context
'As dark as the inside of a needle,' writes Brodsky in one of his poems. He cannot get the line out of his mind. If he concentrated, truly concentrated, night after night, if he compelled, by sheer attention, the blessing of inspiration to descend upon him, he might be able to come up with something to match it. For he has it in him, he knows, his imagination is of the same colour as Brodsky's. But how to get word through to Archangel afterwards?
(p. 91)
(p. 91)
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Citation
Coetzee, J. M. Youth: Scenes from a Provincial Life II. New York: Penguin, 2002.
Date of Entry
06/10/2009
