Can’t believe the course is almost over; it feels like no time has passed at all. I had taken this class as a requirement but out of the courses I was taking this semester, this one was by far my favourite. Honestly, I don’t read that often so this course was a nice change. After […]
Throughout this course, I’ve only relied on the PDF versions to read. But, for the first time, I decided to buy the physical copy and it honestly helped make my reading experience better as I felt I was able to better connect with the story leaving me with more questions in the end. There was no […]
Saramago’s book Death with Interruptions gave a new perspective into the topic of death which is refreshing in comparison to the other books we’ve read surrounding these topics. The introduction we received in class last week to this book led me to believe I knew what I was going into but after reading it left […]
During class last week we were once again given a small spoiler for this book in the form of “it’s something different than the coming-of-age stories we’ve read as it’s going to be a thriller” and that description stayed true while reading this week’s book. Right from the beginning we are thrown into a fast-paced […]
Going into this book I was already anticipating being uncomfortable while reading based on what was said in class last week. The heads up on the book had my expectations high for the amount of uncomfortable situations that would be faced, but after reading it wasn’t as bad as I had thought. The story was […]
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino was at first one of the most confusing and frusturating reads I’ve ever experienced but after awhile actually become very enjoyable and interesting. After reading the author’s note, it should’ve been my first sign that this writing style was going to be something new and […]
The Time of The Doves by Mercè Rodoreda is a devastating yet heartfelt story about the romances of Natalia and themes of motherhood. At the beginning of the book, it was very easy to be drawn in with the intensive detail about the settings providing imagery as well as the depth for the main and recurring […]
Agostino by Alberto Moravia was a complex coming-of-age story that left me with feelings of unease throughout reading and afterwards. The plot of the book was very easy to follow and focused more on the psychological aspects of growing up rather than the physical changes which makes sense as the content in the book was […]
Maria Bombal’s book The Shrouded Woman takes on the difficult topics of death and dying but through a new perspective. When I first started reading, I initially felt grief as we are introduced to the final moments of Ana Maria but as we are taken through her memories after her death, it left a sense […]
Nadja by André Breton contains many detailed and long sentences, heavy dialogue and many surrealist elements. While reading the first part I found it hard to follow as the introduction to the narrator started with the line “Who am I?” (pp.11) and continued with a heavy amount of different situations and artists being mentioned in […]
