Reading Roberto Arlt’s Mad Toy has been an enlightening experience, especially coming from a position of not deeply literary novice, and a lack of familiarity with the author himself. This novel, has a rich narrative and explores complex themes. The novel offers a peak into the societal and personal struggles of early 20th-century Buenos Aires […]
Hey Folks! This marks my first post on this blog related to a specific text. Today I’ll be Talking about Marcel Proust’s “Combray”. Let me start by saying that reading this book was confusing at first, and something akin to reading an excerpt from an academic article. Without the historical or contextual background of Marcel Proust […]
Hello all! As you can tell from the title of this post, my name is Sean Deacon. I’m a fourth year student at the University of British Columbia in the Bachelor of Arts majoring in Sociology. I was born in Durban, South Africa, but moved to small town Chilliwack, British Columbia, at only 10 months […]
