"Conciousness works by telling a story, one that is whole, continuous, and stable. When that story breaks, consciousness rewrites it. Each revised draft claims to be the original."
— Powers, Richard (b. 1957)
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Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Picador
Date
2006
Metaphor
"Conciousness works by telling a story, one that is whole, continuous, and stable. When that story breaks, consciousness rewrites it. Each revised draft claims to be the original."
Metaphor in Context
Consciousness works by telling a story, one that is whole, continuous, and stable. When that story breaks, consciousness rewrites it. Each revised draft claims to be the original. And so, when disease or accident interrupts us, we're often the last to know.
(p. 185)
(p. 185)
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Reading
Citation
Richard Powers, The Echo Maker (New York: Picador, 2006).
Date of Entry
06/08/2015
