The Solace of Open Spaces
What metaphors are used in The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich?
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Ehrlich uses the weather as a metaphor, as well as a direct reference to death. The autumn is the end of the rancher's year and things are sold off or begin to die. The author is melancholy about the season, but at the end of the book, begins to see in death a type of purity and peace.
The Solace of Open Spaces