Woah, this has definitely been a wonderful journey with all of you!! I can’t believe that this class and semester have come to an end, it really does not feel like that much time has passed. I am really so grateful that I took this course since I had an amazing time getting back […]
Love Me Tender by Constance Debré was probably the saddest book in this course. Debré is an extremely strong person, and her story showcased the struggles queer women face in patriarchal societies. Her main challenge was handling the “string of unfounded accusations [by her ex-husband] that separated her from her eight-year old son, Paul.” […]
I really enjoyed Faces in the Crowd, however, I found myself more confused than not over the course of my read. The multiple perspective changes (from the woman to Owen), the different locations (i.e. New York City and Mexico City) and the various time periods (for example, the woman’s present day compared to her young […]
I was actually really intrigued by this book. From the talking gecko, who’s not actually a gecko, to a silently marinating plot twist, what’s there not to be shocked by? It was incredibly pleasing when the title manifested in the story when the gecko’s true identity as an Argentine author was revealed: Borges was […]
Up to this point, Money to Burn has been one of the most interesting books from this course. In fact, I found myself extremelt eager to find out what happens next. I really liked the suspense, the description and the close feeling to the characters. Two aspects of the novel stood out to me, one […]
I’m not sure how to feel about this book, or is it even a book? Maybe this work is better classified as a short story. Regardless, the fast, fleeting nature of this piece helped capture the sentiments of the members of the working class, the “proletariats,” during the unfortunate times of war. The start […]
I have to say that this has been my favourite book so far. I loved everything about it, from the engaging writing style to the mysterious nature of the author, and each page left me more eager to go on. It really seems like the overarching theme of this novel is the “unknown,” since there […]
I found The Time of the Doves interesting, and I liked Natalia’s narration throughout. I feel like I am slowly but surely overcoming my bias towards the first-person perspective. In fact, in this novel specifically, I believe that only the first person could have made me so infuriated about Quimet. In this blog post, I […]
To start off this post, I really appreciated how easy the words of this novel was to read; AND ONLY THE WORDS, this book was also a emotionally hard to get through due to the emphasis on the unfortunate discrimination towards marginalized racial and social groups. The descriptions in the book also never overwhelmed me […]
This book was unsatisfying in so many ways: the novel felt extremely unfinished by the end due to Agostino’s glaringly evident “mommy issues,” self-centered personality and the lack of character development. Agostino’s Oedipus complex has got to be a primary source for Freud’s central psychoanalytic theory TT. He beings being utterly infatuated with his […]
