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Indiana University Bloomington - SPRING 2011 | ||
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Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir by Lauren Slater Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-14-200006-X / 014200006X ISBN-13: 978-0-14-200006-9 / 9780142000069 One has good reason to be suspicious of a book that calls itself a "metaphorical memoir." If a metaphor substitutes one thing for another to which it's not ordinarily related, and a memoir relates the personal experiences of the author, then a metaphorical memoir would be... well, lying, if we're go |