Hello everyone! While I enjoyed reading books in this class and writing weekly blog posts, I am excited to be finishing up with all the work it required. I have definitely never taken a course quite like this before, but I think ultimately I enjo…
Hello everyone! While I enjoyed reading books in this class and writing weekly blog posts, I am excited to be finishing up with all the work it required. I have definitely never taken a course quite like this before, but I think ultimately I enjo…
Hello everyone! This weeks book is The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa. It is narrated by a Gecko named Eulálio, who lives in Felix’s house and witnesses all the people who go through the home. I was originally confused about the…
Hello everyone! This weeks book is The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa. It is narrated by a Gecko named Eulálio, who lives in Felix’s house and witnesses all the people who go through the home. I was originally confused about the…
Hello everyone! Week 10’s book is Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia, a thriller type book following a group in Argentina who commit an armed robbery, and then flee to Uruguay, where they were eventually discovered in an armed shootout. I am not…
Hello everyone! Week 10’s book is Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia, a thriller type book following a group in Argentina who commit an armed robbery, and then flee to Uruguay, where they were eventually discovered in an armed shootout. I am not…
Hello everyone! This weeks book is The Lover by Marguerite Duras, set during the French colonial occupation of south east Asia. It is an autobiographical story of Duras’ family’s struggles with death and poverty, as well as her affair with “the l…
Hello everyone! This weeks book is The Lover by Marguerite Duras, set during the French colonial occupation of south east Asia. It is an autobiographical story of Duras’ family’s struggles with death and poverty, as well as her affair with “the l…
Hello everyone! This week’s book is The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, a short text that follows the diary or stream of consciousness of a narrator, Rodrigo, writing about a girl he had seen, Macabéa. Frequently, the narrator would questi…
Hello everyone! This week’s book is The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, a short text that follows the diary or stream of consciousness of a narrator, Rodrigo, writing about a girl he had seen, Macabéa. Frequently, the narrator would questi…
