Reading “Deep Rivers” was a challenge for me, possibly the most difficult read so far. I still liked it a lot. But Ernesto was impenetrable to me; he didn’t fit into my preconceived notions of what a protagonist should be like or like. Especially compared to previous books in this course I read like the […]
I enjoyed reading Agostino, but it’s also a very uncomfortable experience for the reader. My impression that I got while reading: the novel is stopping before anything truly happens in a deliberately unsatisfying way while hinting towards repulsive content. Despite the novella having so many scenes alluding to sexual encounters, I don’t think the word […]
My first impression of “A Shrouded Woman” was that the many perspectives were really cool: shifting from her POV to the other funeralgoers and even times when it was like she “talked” to others’ narration, like the Father. But the weirdest one is still her own. From what I’ve read, most forms of the post-death […]
Mad Toy: very fun read, did it in a day. Other blogs and the lecture have alluded to the idea that every chapter is centered around books and knowledge in connection to good society’s system. And related to this, every chapter is structured around Silvio’s failure to obtain or use this knowledge, as mentioned in […]
There’s one common thread in existing discussion about “Combray” that I saw: the book’s difficulty in reading. I agree, it’s a challenging read in the forever long sentences and vivid descriptions of everything and constantly shifting focal points. And as the lecture and conversation video mentions, the story is temporally vague. While there is […]
Hello everyone! My name is Xavier, and I’m a fourth year student preparing to graduate this May. I’ve lived in Vancouver my whole life. I’m majoring in Asian Language and Culture (Japan), and would like to pursue a career related to Japanese-English translation or something that involves working with Japanese. My hobbies are watching sports, […]
