Anna Spargo-Ryan carefully layers metaphors throughout The Paper House to blur the space between reality and imagination. Jean Carlo Emer /Unsplash October 22, 2019 Inside the story: the art and genius of metaphor in Anna Spargo‑Ryan’s The Paper House Debra Wain, Deakin University The Paper House is a layered articulation of loss and grief, perception and reality, where author Anna Spargo-Ryan demonstrates genius use of metephor.