"I dread the prospect of the pressure of death roaming through my psyche like a wildcat prospector and producing these eruptions of unwelcome insight."
— Edward St. Aubyn (b. 1960)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Date
2000
Metaphor
"I dread the prospect of the pressure of death roaming through my psyche like a wildcat prospector and producing these eruptions of unwelcome insight."
Metaphor in Context
As I wept in the garden of the hotel, I realised that I was not crying for the countess or for my mother, but with frustration at not having had a mother who deserved my tears. I dread the prospect of the pressure of death roaming through my psyche like a wildcat prospector and producing these eruptions of unwelcome insight. I wish my mother had been right when she accused me of not wanting to 'make a contribution'. It would be so lovely to be good at doing nothing, but nothing is the one thing I cannot do.
(p. 31)
(p. 31)
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Reading
Citation
Edward St. Aubyn, A Clue to the Exit (London: Chatto & Windus, 2000).
Date of Entry
09/19/2015
