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Let it shrivel up and burn -Money to Burn
Posted by: Gabriella’s RMST Blog
Hello everyone! I hope you guys have been enjoying the sun as much as I have. I actually took advantage of this weather and did most of my reading for this week's book Money to Burn by Piligia, outside. What a change of pace this was from our usu... read full post >>
Reflection : Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia
Posted by: Marcus
When I was reading the book, the events seemed very farfetched, so I was surprised that at the end of the novel, in the epilogue to find out that these events had actually happened and this wasn’t a work of fiction. I thought that the way of comm... read full post >>
Money to Burn
Posted by: Julia W
Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well. This week, I read "Money to Burn" by Ricardo Pigila. I had high hopes for this novel, given the themes of mystery, deception, the creative process, and, most interestingly, criminal activity. Still, I like... read full post >>
Reflection : Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia
Posted by: Marcus
When I was reading the book, the events seemed very farfetched, so I was surprised that at the end of the novel, in the epilogue to find out that these events had actually happened and this wasn’t a work of fiction. I thought that the way of comm... read full post >>
Money to Burn
Posted by: Julia W
Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well. This week, I read "Money to Burn" by Ricardo Pigila. I had high hopes for this novel, given the themes of mystery, deception, the creative process, and, most interestingly, criminal activity. Still, I like... read full post >>
Reality to Burn – Piglia
Posted by: Page Pioneer
“you have fuck-all to do and so you read” (74) That was me this past weekend. Well, not quite, I also had studying and work to do haha, but there was also lots of time to read. As someone who typically shies away from thrillers or crime novels, diving into “Money to Burn” felt the […] read full post >>
all this fast driving, stealing, burning, and honestly, I’m a bit confused – Money to Burn
Posted by: haileygillian
Hi everyone and welcome back! To jump right in, I think we can all agree that this text differs a lot from most of what we’ve read so far, with the obvious difference that this book is about a bank robbery, while most (NOT ALL) have been slightly uncomfortable romances and relationship dynamics. This week’s […] read full post >>
Finally some positive male role models in this class
Posted by: jack mosher
Hello or Bonjour, my question is surrounding the depictions of violence in the novel. What effect did they have on you and what purpose do you think they served in the overarching ideas of the novel. read full post >>
BANK HEIST FRIDAY AFTER CLASS HMU FOR DEETS (for legal reasons this is a joke @ my fbi angent ;))
Posted by: Jivan Cheema
Hey hey hey!!! I hope everyone had a great weekend 🙂 And if you celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day, I hope you survived! HAHA. I LOVE it when we have required readings because I get to read everyone’s unique and different perspectives on the same book. It’s really interesting to see how everyone processes something in […] read full post >>
money to burn,
Posted by: amryn
I am a sucker for any books to do with crimes so this one was intriguing for me. Piglia follows a bank from in Argentina in 1965. It is important to note that this robbery was down not by one person, but four men. These men got away with the crime and headed to a […] read full post >>
