Overall a fun-ish read! I think this novel Deep Rivers was very interesting and I especially like the authors descriptive writing style. Throughout the book there was a strong focus on Indigeneity which was shown in many ways. To me the representation of Indigenous culture through nature and music stood out the most. In Ernesto’s […]
Wow, Nada was an interesting, interesting read. It follows the story of a young girl post Spanish civil war moving to attend university. Our protagonist Andrea moves in with her extended family who seems to have lost almost everything due to the war, given that they were quite well off before the war. I […]
I really enjoyed this weeks reading of the Shrouded Woman. I think it was an easier read compared to the previous books we read and I was also very captivated throughout the book. One of the key themes (for me) in this book is that it is written from the perspective of a woman, […]
Nadja was a very interesting read and builds onto the Proust reading we did last week, especially in terms of me stepping into a form of writing I’m not very familiar with. This book is very disconnected and doesn’t seem to follow a typical storyline comprised of a beginning, middle and end. Nadja is my […]
Well, that was a very interesting read! I particularly enjoyed the descriptiveness used by Proust which I believe succeeded in painting a picture book of the emotions he aimed to convey. This text was kind of difficult to read ngl, because it had very very long sentences (which were basically paragraphs to be honest). Despite […]
Hello, I hope everyone is having an amazing day and start to the new semester. My name is Palak! I am a third year student studying psychology. I am born and raised in beautiful British Columbia. However, I grew up in the Fraser Valley, which is kind of different than Vancouver (the gas is cheaper). […]
