So, I choice this book because a friend of mine (that took this course a couple years ago) loves it and recommended it to me rather aggressively. The prologue, I loved. To me it felt a little like a set … Continue reading →
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This was definitely a book that I would go back and reread. It is a genre that I like to read (well actually I tend to read more on the other side with a detective trying to solve the crime) … Continue reading →
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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler pulled me in from the start. The way that it is about you reading a reader (yourself) read was very interesting. I loved how he tells you to find your most comfortable position … Continue reading →
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We talked about people being normal and what normal meant in one of our classes and I go back to that because for almost 3/4 of the book the only normal person was Mateu and maybe Cintet. Mateu was a … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with abuse, doves, Symbolism
Like many of the other posts, this made me a uncomfortable. The vibe of the book was a little off to me. It was a great book to read and it was an easy red (compared to Proust and Bombal), … Continue reading →
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First things first, this was so much easier to read than Proust’s Combray. This would be a type of book I would pick up when I am in a sad/depressed mood. That made it a little difficult to read because … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Bombal | Tagged with death, miscarriage, trauma
First off, not a fan. I found this to be a hard read. There was a lot of fluff in the first part, well in both parts, but I feel like it was worse in the first part. I read … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Proust | Tagged with combray
Hello everyone! I’m Jasleen. I am a third-year student majoring in Sociology and minoring in Family Studies. Right now I am really into listening to Punjabi music. I’m not a person that looks for new music, I stick with the … Continue reading →
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