Author Archives: davesan9

Hello everybody!! I have to say this has been one of my favourite readings of the semester. I like the character’s personality and how she describes everything that it is going on around her ( even the incident at the school). In a way , i find her to be a savage detective for her […] Continue reading →

Hello Everybody , I am starting to enjoy Don Quixote. He is ABSOLUTELY CRAZY , but maybe that happens to you when fiction takes over your life? I want to talk about the huge contrast between Don quixote and Sancho Panza. The difference in personality is becoming more apparent and it is also comical. In […] Continue reading →

Hello everybody! I surprisingly miss Garcia Madero. I am not sure if it is very effective to have so many narrators to talk abut Belano and Lima. However , i did enjoy some of them and how the ideas of youth , attachment , sexuality and the literature world is written. I think the author […] Continue reading →

I chose to read Don quixote. This is a novel written in the 1600’s by Cervantes Saavedra. The story has a main protagonist as Alonso Quijano who is obsessed with medieval romances and with becoming a knight-errant. He names himself Don Quixote de la Mancha and goes on different adventures with his ” escudero” Sancho-Panza […] Continue reading →

My first impressions about the novel were rather positive. I enjoy reading the first 124 pages because of its realistic and honest language ( although at times was corny and  cold) , so it was a good start for this long journey that Bolano is sending us of. The first part is all about Garcia […] Continue reading →

Hello! My name is David Santos and I am a graduate student of Hispanic Studies. I grew up in Lima-Peru , but I have lived in Vancouver since 2009.  My expectations with this course are to  read wonderful / interesting stories and learn from my classmates’ points of view and analysis. I chose ” Don […] Continue reading →

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