Hi everyone, I just can’t believe it’s already the end of the term and I must write my conclusions; I’ve honestly come to really enjoy this course through our discussions on books I’ve never have picked up otherwise. I’m happy I took this course not just as I admire to read, but because I didn’t …
Tender… Chicken Tender… Mmmm… I am hungry…. Off to a hambre start, I think that Debré’s novel encompasses so much with its fierce challenging on what it means to be a mother. Constance’s experience with a non-traditional motherhood being stripped of her son from her vindictive and upset ex-husband speaks to societal norms as does …
Valeria Luiselli’s Faces in the crowd struck a cord for me as a balancing act, finding time between work, family, and more. It isn’t a book which sits still, instead including so many different voices to create the narrative we follow. The young mother in the present aims to navigate her authorship while parenting, with …
Chameleons, the great disguising animal which can quite literally blend in with whatever is nearby… This is quite important to recognize before even getting started on the book since it made me ready to jump into a book I’d assume was full deception and cunning, and of course chameleons. While there was plenty of deception …
Piglia’s Money to Burn was intense… I’ve honestly never read a book like this, it really reminded me of a movie I watched in my childhood, which I can’t seem to remember the name of but it started with the letter s (I’ll try to remember).. I think that it showcased the gritty and realistic …
This read had me quite puzzled at times, it seems we cannot get a simple love story in our class. WHERE IS THE ROMANCE?!?! Starting off being 15 and a half, Duras is a baby, she’s vulnerable to the world around her. As she’s on the ferry, she notices the limousine and it’s occupant, the …
The hour of the star really stood out to me as a book unique in the way it’s spoken, as it reminded me to shift my perspectives. The storytelling felt like I was listening to a writer wrench with their thoughts while completing their novel. At introduction to Macabea, I realized how she seemingly floats …
First off, I was so drawn in as Rodoreda’s style focused on the day to day working life and how it became shattered. Natalia’s focus on getting through each day in poverty and starvation really stood out to me as we could understand what exactly she had lost since the war. Her husband, her stability, …
Reading Black Shack Alley felt as though I was listening to a friend speak about their old memories, sitting over a drink. It was filled with little details, so many that I found it tough at times to keep track of what all was occurring. The life described in the book felt as though each …
Well what a read! I couldn’t put the book down once I started. Through couch reading, reading while cooking, dinner reading, and back to the couch reading, this book kept me engaged and not knowing what would come next. Agostino started off weirdly, I thought he might have some Oedipus issues, but soon I realized …
