The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector is a fascinating book!! The narrator, Rodrigo S.M. indicates that he will tell the story of a “northeastern girl” who is from one of Brazil’s poorest states, Alagoes. At first, I was confused about the pl…
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector is a fascinating book!! The narrator, Rodrigo S.M. indicates that he will tell the story of a “northeastern girl” who is from one of Brazil’s poorest states, Alagoes. At first, I was confused about the pl…
The Time of the Doves by Merce Rodoreda is such an interesting read and is honestly one of my fav reads so far throughout this course! The book centres around Natalia’s hardships of poverty and despair. This is evident through the quote in the pr…
The Time of the Doves by Merce Rodoreda is such an interesting read and is honestly one of my fav reads so far throughout this course! The book centres around Natalia’s hardships of poverty and despair. This is evident through the quote in the pr…
Theme : Finding One’s SelfCompared to the other books that I’ve read so far throughout this course, Deep Rivers by Jose Maria Arguedas was harder for me to get into. I think it’s because there’s no concrete ending or structure to the story, which…
Theme : Finding One’s SelfCompared to the other books that I’ve read so far throughout this course, Deep Rivers by Jose Maria Arguedas was harder for me to get into. I think it’s because there’s no concrete ending or structure to the story, which…
Theme: Love?!I feel like in this course, I have read about the most unusual characters and that says a lot because I read A LOT of books. Agostino by Alberto Moravia was such an interesting read which says a lot because I have never read a book t…
Theme: Love?!I feel like in this course, I have read about the most unusual characters and that says a lot because I read A LOT of books. Agostino by Alberto Moravia was such an interesting read which says a lot because I have never read a book t…
The Shrouded Woman by Maria Luisa Bombal is such an interesting read because the main character is a woman named Ana Maria who is dead. It centers around how she’s lying down at the funeral wake and people from all walks of her life come to visit…
The Shrouded Woman by Maria Luisa Bombal is such an interesting read because the main character is a woman named Ana Maria who is dead. It centers around how she’s lying down at the funeral wake and people from all walks of her life come to visit…
