"Everything spun around him; then his mind blanked, like a TV suddenly switched off."
— Jerzy N. Kosinski (1933-1991)
Work Title
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Johanovich
Date
1971
Metaphor
"Everything spun around him; then his mind blanked, like a TV suddenly switched off."
Metaphor in Context
The small screen and the sounds of the TV separated them from the noise of the street. A car suddenly pulled in front of them, and the chauffeur braked sharply. As Chance braced himself for the sudden lurch, a pain pierced his leg. Everything spun around him; then his mind blanked, like a TV suddenly switched off.
(p. 32)
(p. 32)
Categories
Provenance
Contributed by Suzanne Morgen. Searching Google Books for "mind is like a television"
Citation
Kosinski, Jerzy. Being There. Reprint. Grove Press, 1999. <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
11/26/2009
