When I started reading this book, I was lost. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. It really took me a while to understand the mix of dialogue between the author and the story. Even the name Macabea is undefined, written by the author as she is writ…
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When I started reading this book, I was lost. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. It really took me a while to understand the mix of dialogue between the author and the story. Even the name Macabea is undefined, written by the author as she is writ…
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I guess I could start this blog off by mentioning how this was quite and enjoyable read, it seemed easier to digest than previous books, but there’s definitely a lot to unpack. One thing that particularly stood out to me while reading was Natalia’s per…
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I guess I could start this blog off by mentioning how this was quite and enjoyable read, it seemed easier to digest than previous books, but there’s definitely a lot to unpack. One thing that particularly stood out to me while reading was Natalia’s per…
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Honestly, reading this book makes me really uncomfortable. Especially with the relationship dynamic that Agostino has with his mother and how that relationship is convoluted and morphed into an eroticized figure. At some points in the book, I couldn’t …
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Honestly, reading this book makes me really uncomfortable. Especially with the relationship dynamic that Agostino has with his mother and how that relationship is convoluted and morphed into an eroticized figure. At some points in the book, I couldn’t …
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Whilst reading The Shrouded Woman, I didn’t immediately realize that Ana Maria was dead. I might have missed a couple of details at the start, but I don’t expect to fully grasp all of the details upon my first reading. I only realized she was dead a bi…
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Whilst reading The Shrouded Woman, I didn’t immediately realize that Ana Maria was dead. I might have missed a couple of details at the start, but I don’t expect to fully grasp all of the details upon my first reading. I only realized she was dead a bi…
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What really stood out to me after reading the book and watching conversation and lecture videos was a point mentioned where Nadja functions as a projection of the narrator’s inner disorder or insecurity. It’s so evidently put, a void in the narrator’s …
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What really stood out to me after reading the book and watching conversation and lecture videos was a point mentioned where Nadja functions as a projection of the narrator’s inner disorder or insecurity. It’s so evidently put, a void in the narrator’s …
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