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Week 12 – I think I found Borges’ twin (Faces in the Crowd)
Posted by: alizey01
BROKE MY BRAIN. Let me start off by saying that I didn’t dislike like the novel…I was merely confused by it and tended to get lost at times when I was trying to follow along with the storyline. Also, before I begin an “analysis” of this book I have to mention that I didn’t enjoy the […] read full post >>
Week 12: Faces in the Crowd
Posted by: guoyiwen
In this work with autobiographical overtones, Luiselli mainly tells three stories: that of a woman novelist working on a work memorializing her youth in the midst of a mildly trivial domestic life; that of a woman living in New York City years ago who was obsessed with publishing a collection of poems by the Mexican […] read full post >>
I’d have a parasocial relationship with a hot poet too
Posted by: Lauren Waring
Luiselli’s novel navigates the trials and tribulations of keeping her creativity alive while performing her motherly duties. She also explores just how blurred the lines between reality and imagination can become when one becomes obsessed with the... read full post >>
I’d have a parasocial relationship with a hot poet too
Posted by: Lauren Waring
Luiselli’s novel navigates the trials and tribulations of keeping her creativity alive while performing her motherly duties. She also explores just how blurred the lines between reality and imagination can become when one becomes obsessed with the... read full post >>
Luiselli’s “Faces in the Crowd”: It’s The Last Book Of The Semester And I’m Sad I Don’t Get It
Posted by: Mehkai Manzano
Hi Romance Studiers, After finishing Valeria Luiselli’s ‘Faces in the Crowd’ and taking a few days to sit with it, I can officially say I got ankle broken. I don’t get it and I wanted to so bad! After watching professor Beasley’s lecture, it did comfort me with one fact, that is that Luiselli intentionally […] read full post >>
Faces in the Crowd
Posted by: Domenica Loor
I’m captivated by Valeria Luiselli’s unique approach to depicting her surroundings, time, and life. Her narrative style transcends the tangible, depicting her experiences in abstract ways where it seems they transcend the limits of reality. I took the * as symbols of travelling in past and current life. One as a mother of the boy […] read full post >>
My Brilliant Friend
Posted by: alex
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante may be my favorite of the course. The main reason being that of my Italian roots, and how similar the storytelling resembles my grandparents' stories of their childhoods in Italy. My grandparents born and raised in... read full post >>
My Brilliant Friend
Posted by: alex
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante may be my favorite of the course. The main reason being that of my Italian roots, and how similar the storytelling resembles my grandparents' stories of their childhoods in Italy. My grandparents born and raised in... read full post >>
moby has a shrimp dick
Posted by: beansfalby0
Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli depicts a woman living in Mexico City with her husband and children, writing a novel about a woman living in New York City. It is not clear whether this story is the past life of the writer, or if these memories are just fictitious creations. Just like the […] read full post >>
‘We Were Girls Together’; A Review of My Brilliant Friend
Posted by: Len
Welcome to the last book review of the semester! This week I read My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, and I am so happy this was the last book. It is a coming-of-age book (so on brand for this class) about two girls in a poor neighbourhood in Naples. The story starts with an older […] read full post >>
Rolling My Eyes So Much I’ve Become Acquainted With My Retina: A Reflection on Luiselli’s “Faces in the Crowd”
Posted by: Bilal Bartaai
An unfortunate closer to this riveting literary journey read full post >>
So what if Shrimps have small dicks? it’s the personality that counts! 🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐
Posted by: Shanelle Danimae Cuevas
Painting: A Face in the Crowd by Holly Warburton There are two types of people: those who just live and those who design their lives Pg. 12 Hello, lovely people! How are we holding up during this last stretch of the semester! This week’s novel, and final novel of the whole course, is Valeria Luisella’s […] read full post >>
Week 12- Faces in the Crowd
Posted by: jasmeent
Hello everyone! As we are soon approaching the end of the semester it is truly crazy to see how fast it has all gone. This course taught me so much about myself as a reader and pushed me to move past my comfort zone with reading to experience texts that I would have maybe never picked for myself. As we move to our last book I can say I did not enjoy reading but I am starting to open up to it. This week’s book “Faces in the Crowd” by...read more read full post >>
Faces in the Crowd – Valeria Luiselli
Posted by: Ella Petel
Throughout this course, I’ve only relied on the PDF versions to read. But, for the first time, I decided to buy the physical copy and it honestly helped make my reading experience better as I felt I was able to better connect with the story leaving me with more questions in the end. There was no […] read full post >>
FINALLY
Posted by: tayedegb
After multiple months of reading every week, finally “Faces in the Crowd” by Valeria Luiselli was the last book read by me. This was a really complicated and rather difficult-to-follow book, probably one of the hardest if not the hardest book I read all year. I felt that I was not as engaged with the […] read full post >>
