It must have been a lot of work, trying his best to gather all the material to write this novel. The interrogations, police reports, witnesses, newspapers, and all the other figures who helped Piglia gain access to this information. Piglia wanted to make the facts clear, as much as possible, even though it is a […]
After reading the Trenchcoat, I feel quite confused. I feel like the other books I’ve read for this course have been easier to follow, with plots and settings, as well as distinct characters. In this novel, there are so many characters that I cannot keep track of who is speaking, or their names. The Learned […]
I’ve never felt so acknowledged by an author, because we (a reader)are not meant to contribute to the story, because the story’s already been told. There’s not much we can do except observe, and hope the ending is favourable. I guess that’s still the same even with this book. No matter how involved the readers […]
War and poverty has sucked the life out of these people. Even Cintet “…said how sad he was that peaceful, happy people like us had gotten mixed up in a piece of history like that” (pg. 63). Even as Natalia goes about her life without the passionate revolutionary feelings that Quimet possesses, war impacts her […]
Stories have to start somewhere, but even stories have stories. To answer the question of “backstories”, and how important they are to novels, well they are quite significant, even if not directly shown. For example, to understand the atrocious history of the Spanish Civil War, we find a backstory to give context to Andrea, our […]
Defamiliarisation and multiple points of views are used to create a modernism text. Maria Luisa Bombal ran with the slogan “make it new”, and created a novel with the perspective of a literal corpse?! That’s definitely unfamiliar. But the novel is not solely from the perspective of a corpse, but also of her living moments, […]
When I read novels, I expect to be immersed, anxiously turning the page to know what happens next. Not even just pertaining to novels, but video games too. Otherwise I just drop it. I can’t quite do that to Marcel Proust’s “Combray”, and I never expected to feel that immersion with the book. I was […]
Hello!! I’m Radha, and I’m a third year student. I am majoring in International Relations, and pursuing a minor in Commerce. So yes, I’m also taking MATH 100 this semester (yikes). I joined this class late, and as you already know, there’s a lot to set up in the first few weeks of class. I’m […]
