Honestly, at the beginning of Faces in the Crowd, I felt a bit confused. The narrative didn’t follow a clear, linear structure, and the shifts between time, space, and perspective made me hard to figure out what is “really happening.” However, as I kept reading, I realized that this confusion is not a meaningless, but […]
I think this novel is one of my favorites among all the novels I read this term. This novel is incredibly immersive; the pacing is perfectly balanced, keeping me hooked from start to finish. It made me feel as though I were right there, watching the entire event unfold from a godlike perspective. What struck […]
In The Time of Doves, Rodoreda tells a story of Natalia’s life entirely from her own perspective, and also reflects how the Spanish society was back in the time. This novel didn’t dramatize the confusion and suffering in life, but simply described the facts. I think that’s why this novel makes us feel moved. People […]
As a woman, I really enjoyed this novel empathetically. There are two different lines that are worth talking about, one is about the narrator’s funeral, and the other is about the narrator herself. I think I’ll start with Marie herself. If I’m gonna describe her in simple sentences, I would say: she was a kind […]
From my perspective, Combray, written by Proust, is a wonderful mental journey back into the memories of the past. It all started with the narrator lying on the bed, half-dreaming, half-recalling the moments when he was still in Combray during his childhood. It was not a hard book to read for me, but since the […]
Hi~ my name is Vincie, currently a 3rd year majoring in linguistics and minoring in psychology. This is actually my first time writing a blog, so I feel kinda excited lol. I’m from China, and I speak both Mandarin and Cantonese as my first language. Besides that, I actually quite enjoy acquiring and communicating in […]
