The Metaphor of the Novel by Chingiz Aitmatov "And a Day Lasts Longer Than a Century"

The purpose of the article is to study the phenomenon of metaphor in the novel by Ch.Aitmatov "And a day lasts longer than a century". Attention is paid primarily to the symbolism of the novel. It is contained both in its text and in the title itself. Metaphors have become necessary not only because of the invasion of scientific and technical achievements in the field of fiction, but because the world in which a person lives is contradictory and disharmonious