The House of God
What metaphors are used in The House of God by Samuel Shem?
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Metaphor:
Things had moved fast. Two days, and already, like swimming in a strong current, I'd looked up and found my life an eternity farther downstream, the near bank far gone.
"The postmortem is the flower—no, the red rose—of medicine."
The House of God