"'Sorry to disappoint you, but me,' Byrdie said, raising his hand. 'I think I have whiplash of the brain.'"

— Zink, Nell (b. 1964)


Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper Collins
Date
2015
Metaphor
"'Sorry to disappoint you, but me,' Byrdie said, raising his hand. 'I think I have whiplash of the brain.'"
Metaphor in Context
"Sorry to disappoint you, but me," Byrdie said, raising his hand. "I think I have whiplash of the brain. I want to spend the next month in Florida playing golf with Grandpa and pretend I never saw you. But first I want to talk to you and Mom for a week without Dad around."
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Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Nell Zink, Mislaid (New York: Harper Collins, 2015).
Date of Entry
01/08/2016

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.