{"id":13,"date":"2026-01-24T17:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T00:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/?p=13"},"modified":"2026-01-24T17:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T00:18:02","slug":"the-shrouded-woman-life-after-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/2026\/01\/24\/the-shrouded-woman-life-after-death\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shrouded Woman – Life After Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

To begin, I actually had a hard time reading this week\u2019s literature. I felt lost and thought that Proust was somewhat more of an easier read. I am unsure if this is because it was written in a different perspective, something I am not used to or because I struggle to keep track of each character. Another reason may be that it is also quite unfamiliar since there is no big narrative plot, which is what my normal reads have. Despite being confused for one third of the work, I quite enjoyed the way in which Bombal unfolds Ana Maria\u2019s life after death. I was fascinated at the author\u2019s idea to continue the protagonist\u2019s story even after her passing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Something that stood out to me was Bombal\u2019s use of language and how descriptive each sentence is. As an example, the rain is described to be \u201cfalling and sliding like tears down the windowpanes; falling and expanding the lagoons to the far end of the horizon, falling\u201d (159). The use of language in The Shrouded Woman was beautiful. As a reader, I could truly imagine and visualize the story unfolding. While I initially thought it was hard to understand, going back multiple times helped me find pleasure in reading. Another part I was stuck on was where the woman shares \u201cyou found me cold because you never succeeded in making me share your passion; because I had no desire beyond the taste of dark wild flower in your kisses\u201d (165).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I would also like to discuss where \u201cI never knew. I only know that the period following your departure was the most disordered and tragic in my entire life\u201d (167). This reminded me of when a couple begins dating. For some reason, it made me think about how some people hope that their partner continues to live their life even when they start a relationship together rather than giving up on their individual hobbies.<\/span><\/p>\n

To end off, here is my question for this week: Are there things we can\u2019t find out until we\u2019re dead? This is inspired by a quote that got me thinking, \u201cmust we die in order to know certain things?\u201d (176). In my perspective, there are times when we do not realize how much we love someone or want something until we no longer see them. I would love to hear what others thought about the book and any other perspectives there might be.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To begin, I actually had a hard time reading this week\u2019s literature. I felt lost and thought that Proust was somewhat more of an easier read. I am unsure if this is because it was written in a different perspective, something I am not used to or because I struggle to keep track of each […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107536,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21,22,6],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bombal","tag-death","tag-life","tag-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmstjennifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}