Hello everyone, I’m back again for my final blog post of the course. I thought last week’s post would be my last, but I’ve found out I need to make another. Overall, I think I learned a lot from the course. I feel like I achieved my goal of getting better at interpreting the texts, […]
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Hey everyone, I’m back again for my final book post. This week’s book was Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli. I don’t really have that much to say about this book. I didn’t find it very interesting, and the switching between stories within the story made it kind of difficult to follow. It didn’t […]
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Hello everyone, I’m back yet again to take a look at this week’s book Death with Interruptions, by Jose Saramago. This book was fantastic. I’d rank it as one of my favourites of the course by far. The scenario that the town is launched into is very unique and interesting, and I really enjoyed reading […]
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Hello again everyone, I’m back to discuss this week’s book: Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia. This book is without a doubt my favourite so far in the course. The fact that it is based on a true story makes it even more interesting to me. The events that take place are so gruesome and […]
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Hello, I’m back at it yet again to talk a bit about this week’s book: The Trenchcoat by Norman Manea. On the whole, I found the book kind of confusing to read. The start feels like it throws us into the story very quickly, and we are left to try and figure it out on […]
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Hey folks, I’m back yet again to talk a bit about this week’s book The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector. Overall, I quite liked the book and found the story part fairly straightforward to follow. That being said, the narrator confused me quite a bit. The book has a narrator (Rodrigo S.M.) who […]
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Hey folks, I’m back here to discuss this week’s book: The Time of the Doves by Merce Rodoreda. Overall, I have mixed feelings about the book. I found it easy to follow and liked how it showed some of the hardship and economic struggles of war. However, a couple of Natalia’s actions made it hard […]
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Hello again, I’m back to give my thoughts on this week’s book Deep Rivers by Jose Maria Arguedas. Overall, I found the subject matter of the book to be quite interesting, but the story was a little difficult to follow at times. At certain points, it feels like very little is happening plot-wise, which made […]
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Hello again. I’m back to comment on this week’s book, Agostino by Alberto Moravia. This was probably my favourite book that I’ve read thus far in the course. I found it very easy to follow, especially compared to last week’s book, Shrouded Woman by Bombal. However, several parts made me feel uneasy, specifically, how Agostino’s […]
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Hello, it’s Nathan. I’m back again to give my thoughts on this week’s book, The Shrouded Woman by Maria Luisa Bombal. In short, I did not enjoy reading it. I found it confusing and hard to follow at times. There also was not much action throughout it, aside from a short section where Alberto, Maria […]
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