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The Time of the Doves Review
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The Time of the Doves by Mercé Rodoreda is definitely a heart-wrenching book, and challenging to read at times (well, I mean basically all of the time). There is little to be happy about in this book, and the times that are happy, you can probably count on two hands. Nevertheless, I think that the […] read full post >>
Blog Post the time of the Doves.
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Hello, my friends, I hope you all had a nice break. First, I would like to come clean and say... read full post >>
Doves Die, So Do People: Rodoreda’s The Time of the Doves
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In the critical lens, I can hypothesize that Natalia may have betrayed people in her lens to be economically smart so in that sense it can be justified. However, not once in the text could I describe her as happy. Intelligent, beautiful, insightful? Perhaps, but definitely filled with melancholy in every domain of her […] read full post >>
Week 7 – Lispector’s “The Passion According to G.H.”
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I’m mostly finished reading The Passion According to G.H. at this point and it’s ranged from being an incredible experience to a completely confusing (and even boring) one at times; I’m still trying to make sense of everything. There’s an interesting take on truth that I’m not really sure how to unpack, and I felt a […] read full post >>
The Time of the Doves
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This book was beautiful and vivid! It was truly a pleasant read for me. The run-on sentences had me stumble a few times, but made for truly lively imagery. My favourite line of imagery is ‘a drop of oil would run straight down her back’ (p. 169). At the end, I was wondering how Natalia’s […] read full post >>
The Passion According to G.H – Clarice Lispector
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I can’t say that I really enjoyed this week’s reading as much as in past weeks. I felt the novel to be a little repetitive and a little boring I understand what Lispector was trying to do in the text … Continue reading read full post >>
Lady kills cockroach and goes insane – aka The Passion According to G.H.
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Well then! Ignoring the themes and deep meanings that I barely understand I have to just first stop and take a moment to question what I just read. Simply summarized, lady kills cockroach, goes insane... for over 100 pages. I don't know what I was expecting storyline wise but it was really impressive that an entire novel was created around one event. I wish I had a bit more time to dig into this novel (I procrastinated reading it over break woopsies) but as I don't, I have just had to try my best to understand haha.
Unsurprisingly, its pretty difficult to have a constantly original train of thought about one event occur for essentially an entire novel and I noticed there was quite a lot of repetition throughout. Little phrases and also just ideas (feeling/being unclean was a pretty continuous thing). Honestly the whole thing was pretty hard to read, I got lost a lot and found myself skipping large chunks of text in confusion. However, this repetition also made it feel as if you were going along with her, experiencing the same spiraling mental state that she was. I have noticed often when I have been confused by things we have read in this class it has added to the meaning of them. While, like always I had a difficult time picking up on little details and symbolism, of which I am sure there is lots, I can tell you this novel as a whole felt very spiral-y simply due to the way it was written. Not sure I enjoyed feeling like I too was having a mental breakdown/existential crisis but it was certainly interesting.
The things I am most curious about were the drawing G.H.'s former maid left on the wall, along with the possible symbolism of her (literal) baggage in the room. I honestly have no idea about the drawing and would be interested to hear other's thoughts about it. The baggage however I found interesting, more so as I got into the story. I may be reaching but G.H. mentions her childhood and she obviously has some sort of trauma from it judging by how weirdly classist she is despite growing up in poverty. So she has her emotional baggage and her literal baggage in the same room. Given that she does directly mention her bags a few times I feel justified in giving them significance.
Thats all 😀 This book was a challenge for me but definitely interesting lol
read full post >>Lady kills cockroach and goes insane – aka The Passion According to G.H.
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Well then! Ignoring the themes and deep meanings that I barely understand I have to just first stop and take a moment to question what I just read. Simply summarized, lady kills cockroach, goes insane... for over 100 pages. I don't know what I was expecting storyline wise but it was really impressive that an entire novel was created around one event. I wish I had a bit more time to dig into this novel (I procrastinated reading it over break woopsies) but as I don't, I have just had to try my best to understand haha.
Unsurprisingly, its pretty difficult to have a constantly original train of thought about one event occur for essentially an entire novel and I noticed there was quite a lot of repetition throughout. Little phrases and also just ideas (feeling/being unclean was a pretty continuous thing). Honestly the whole thing was pretty hard to read, I got lost a lot and found myself skipping large chunks of text in confusion. However, this repetition also made it feel as if you were going along with her, experiencing the same spiraling mental state that she was. I have noticed often when I have been confused by things we have read in this class it has added to the meaning of them. While, like always I had a difficult time picking up on little details and symbolism, of which I am sure there is lots, I can tell you this novel as a whole felt very spiral-y simply due to the way it was written. Not sure I enjoyed feeling like I too was having a mental breakdown/existential crisis but it was certainly interesting.
The things I am most curious about were the drawing G.H.'s former maid left on the wall, along with the possible symbolism of her (literal) baggage in the room. I honestly have no idea about the drawing and would be interested to hear other's thoughts about it. The baggage however I found interesting, more so as I got into the story. I may be reaching but G.H. mentions her childhood and she obviously has some sort of trauma from it judging by how weirdly classist she is despite growing up in poverty. So she has her emotional baggage and her literal baggage in the same room. Given that she does directly mention her bags a few times I feel justified in giving them significance.
Thats all 😀 This book was a challenge for me but definitely interesting lol
read full post >>An Idle Dove; Rodoreda’s “The Time of the Doves”
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The time of the Doves by M. Rodoreda follows the story of Natalia, and the tumultuous tale of romance, war and the harsh realities that grip her life. In the first half of the book, I was often left feeling confused … Continue reading read full post >>
The Time Of The Doves
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This week I read “the Time of The Doves” by Merce Rodoreda. I found this book to be a great read. Throughout the novel I felt a sense of deep empathy for Natalia the main character. Without her mother around and with an unsupportive father, Natalia was lead/forced into many decisions throughout her life time […] read full post >>
blog#7 – a woman and her Cockroach —
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blog#7 – a woman and her Cockroach — Reading The Passion According to G.H. was one of the closest moments that I felt like I was reading a well-composed transcript of my own thoughts. The way the Clarice Lispector seamlessly yet abruptly changes from concept to concept is mind-bogglingly impressive – all the while articulating […] read full post >>
The Time of the Doves- Reflections
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Mercè Rodoreda’s novel is definitely one that leaves you feeling some type of way, only what way you can never be sure. After reading this narrative, I sat down and contemplated how I felt about it because my mind was blank and I couldn’t gage what I thought about it. Even now, as I write […] read full post >>
Thought’s on Rodoreda’s “The Time of the Doves”
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I found this text to be enlightening and thought-provoking. For me, Rodoreda’s writing style was sometimes over-descriptive, but often it made the story more sensual and poetic. Overall, this text was a fairly simple read; I didn’t have to try hard to understand the meaning behind the scenes as I did in some of the […] read full post >>
The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector
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This novel seemed to be a bit more engaging for myself compared to the others I’ve read for this course. I think I was able to find certain passages of Lispector’s writing to be overdramatic and borderline humorous, with immense detail to totally picture it happening. The best example of this would be the beginning […] read full post >>
Thoughts on Mercé Rodoreda’s “The Time of the Doves”: An Acidic Apathy
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My initial reactions throughout the first two thirds of Mercé Rodoreda’s “The Time of the Doves” was one of a character whose agency is constantly in question. The novel is structured almost as though our protagonist Natalia is simply recounting the events of her life. As the narrator, she often describes events in her life […] read full post >>
