Hello everyone, I’m back again this week for my weekly book reflection. This week’s book is Mad Toy by Roberto Arlt. The book follows a very bright young boy in Buenos Aires, Argentina named Silvio Drodman Astier. Overall, I liked the book a decent bit. I’d say I preferred it to last week’s Combray reading, […]
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Hello again, It’s Nathan, and I’m back again for my first book reflection. This week’s book was Marcel Proust’s Swann’s Way (specifically, part 1: Combray). In general, I found it interesting, and I connected with some parts quite strongly. In the book, the narrator reflects on some of his childhood memories, most of which take […]
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Hello everyone. My name is Nathan Harris and I’m a third-year economics student here at UBC. To share a bit about myself, outside of school I’m very interested in baseball, and I’ve played it most of my life. I’m also a big Lego fan as well, and my collection is perhaps a bit too large. […]
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