In their secluded world as two lovers, there is no space for other people to step in. Rather than saying it is enclosed, it’s more like exclusive. In the text, Nene and Angel constantly together and they do not have much close relationship with others (their relationship becomes a kind of shared isolation). Both of […]
It is also a story that begins with a memory, as the narrator recalls her past from her old age. It reminds me of the narrative in The Shrouded Woman, and both of them are like recollections of the past, where the story unfolds through memories rather than through a linear plot (Also, at the […]
I feel this book is very unique: it is quite different from other books I have read. From the very beginning, it is clearly written that the narrative itself is part of the subject. While the narrator, Rodrigo, introduces himself and even explains that the story will contain several characters, including himself as an important […]
??? Why are all those lovers (that we have read) so toxic?? Natalia’s identity and self is being gradually erased during the marriage and the war. Firstly, at the very beginning, she meets a young man who invites her to dance with him. She rejects him not because she considers her own wishes, but because […]
Even though I am shocked, I feel bad for Agostino too… From the beginning, I could tell the story started to go in a weird direction, especially when I read the depiction of how he feels proud of the attention his mother receives and the envy he imagines from others. And he feel disappointed when […]
I really like the way the whole book is divided into many distinct parts! Each of them refers to a different story of the past. This kind of structure gently makes us as the reader feel we are involved into each remembered moment, creating the feeling of participating in her memories, while those stories do […]
At the beginning, I found it strange that the text starts with a detailed description of the state of sleep — especially focusing on his conscious experience between being awake and asleep. Why would the author spend so much time on what, on the face value, seems to be just a man waking up in […]
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