"I have a brain full of remembered names but the road is often blocked with rubble."
— Engel, Howard (b. 1931)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Date
2007
Metaphor
"I have a brain full of remembered names but the road is often blocked with rubble."
Metaphor in Context
Besides, I had other, related problems. When I saw faces, I found that I couldn't place them at once. Sometimes, I couldn't place them unless they let slip some clue. Were they relatives or former colleagues? Recognizing faces had become a minor headache: I usually could decipher who they were in a short time, once I could occupy my leftover mind with something other than the problem of putting a name on the person talking to me. This resembled the glitch in the memory of many older people. Everybody, at one time or another, struggles to remember the name of a friend, a movie, or a novel. Even Dr. Alzheimer. I had serious problems here. I have a brain full of remembered names but the road is often blocked with rubble.
(p. 52)
(p. 52)
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Provenance
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Citation
Howard Engel, The Man Who Forgot How to Read. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007.
Date of Entry
07/02/2010
