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Deep Rivers
Posted by: Tolu
Ernesto’s connection with nature was something that was evident throughout the book. In particular, his view of the river as an entity really stood out to me. To me, it represents the tension that exists in his life between his connection with the Indigenous peoples and his white identity. It was interesting to me how […] read full post >>
All That and Still No Cake?
Posted by: Maysen
After reading Joseph Zobel’s Black Shack Alley, I admit that I feel quite… devastated? Not in a dramatic, bawling-my-eyes-out kind of way, but in a slow, kind of lingering sadness that has stuck with me even now. Don’t get me wrong, the novel is easy to read on the surface. The prose is clear, and […] read full post >>
Deep rivers – a hard book to read
Posted by: ReadRead
This book is tough. The title makes me feel like there will be fascinating adventures, but there are not. The diction is hard to understand as an outsider, hehehe. Another reason this book is difficult to read is that I found the narrator to be less vividly portrayed compared to the books we read before. […] read full post >>
guilt chords struck
Posted by: Nerissa Lin
José’s experience is shaped by poverty and colonialism in a way far more extreme than anything I have lived through, but the emotional core felt deeply familiar. read full post >>
Deep River
Posted by: Diljot Ghuman
Hi Guys! I enjoyed this week’s reading and as we are reading more and more books in this class I feel like it’s becoming easier to read literature. However, I still found this book somewhat difficult to read. I feel like there were a lot of references to Church names, cultural concepts, and traditions which […] read full post >>
Deep Rivers
Posted by: lahumada
Being Peruvian definitely shaped how I read this book. I probably would have enjoyed it even more if it had not been midterm season, but I still ended up liking it a lot. Through Ernesto’s inner conflict you can understand a lot about the society around him. He is mestizo, and because he grew up […] read full post >>
Unbelonging— “Deep Rivers” by José María Arguedas
Posted by: Gurman Lohcham
I miss Proust... read full post >>
Dull Sensitivity
Posted by: siruiz
While reading Black Shack Alley, I kept feeling that what moved me the most was the fact that the world is seen through a child’s eyes. This is not a world that has already been explained or analyzed, but one that is simply felt. Children do not always understand what is happening around them, yet […] read full post >>
Black Shack Alley (Successful, but Still Sad)
Posted by: Sofia
Honestly, even though José gets his education and succeeds in life, the whole story made me very sad. I felt sad for M’man Tine, who literally worked herself to death in the sugar cane fields. I felt sad for José’s mother, whom he rarely saw because she was always working somewhere else. I also felt […] read full post >>
Review of Deep Rivers
Posted by: Melissa Zhou
The concept of cultural belonging pervades the beginning of the text, where he describes the appearance of the Old Man, enters the native city of Cuzco, and examines the stones of the Inca wall. The narrative style, which lies at the intersection betwe... read full post >>
Black Shack becoming a trap to give people crap
Posted by: olivia
After reading Black Shack Alley, it left me with a weird empty feeling. I would say I felt quite strongly about the emotions portrayed in the book because this novel is describing just a small portion of emotions of real like events that are stil... read full post >>
Black Shack becoming a trap to give people crap
Posted by: olivia
After reading Black Shack Alley, it left me with a weird empty feeling. I would say I felt quite strongly about the emotions portrayed in the book because this novel is describing just a small portion of emotions of real like events that are stil... read full post >>
Joseph Zobel – Education in Black Shack Alley
Posted by: Anora Mikheeva
I READ Joseph Zobel’s Black Shack Alley in one day. read full post >>
Black Shack Alley by Joseph Zobel: Showing Only José’s World or Our Current World?
Posted by: Jiachen Cao
Hi, everyone!
Just finished reading the Black Shack
Alley, I feel a little sad because of José. I am sad
because in José’s world, the life constrained by structure is sad.M'man Tine
as a perfect example of being constrained by structure, is working as... read full post >>
Black Shack Alley by Joseph Zobel: Showing Only José’s World or Our Current World?
Posted by: Jiachen Cao
Hi, everyone!
Just finished reading the Black Shack
Alley, I feel a little sad because of José. I am sad
because in José’s world, the life constrained by structure is sad.M'man Tine
as a perfect example of being constrained by structure, is working as... read full post >>
