The Madonnas of Leningrad
What metaphors are used in The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel by Debra Dean?
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In Section Nine, the disappearance of Marina illustrates a distinct parallel between her physical and mental experience.... it is believed that her physical disappearance is a metaphorical echo of her mental disappearance.... that her absence of body is also an external echo of her internal absence of mind.
The Madonnas of Leningrad