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 I found myself a bit confused when reading this one, as it was often hard to tell who was speaking at times when reading the novel. The author would also often use nicknames referring to some characters, alternating from calling a character “the ... read full post >>

 I found myself a bit confused when reading this one, as it was often hard to tell who was speaking at times when reading the novel. The author would also often use nicknames referring to some characters, alternating from calling a character “the ... read full post >>

Racial identity is a large running theme in this novel and we see this interracial relationship transcend the norms of the society and time in which the novel is set. The narrator often goes on tangent that deter from the story line which I don’t have a huge issue with, but sometimes it made me […] read full post >>

Hey everyone! This week, I decided to read The Lover by Marguerite Duras. There’s only three more books left to read this semester it’s going by so fast! So we have another uncomfortable read this week, yay. As a few of my classmates mentioned, this book is definitely disturbing and unsettling. I feel like this […] read full post >>

Hi everyone! This week’s reading was on ‘The Lover’ by Marguerite Duras. What an interesting read! This was definitely a book that made me uncomfortable and had me physically reacting by pushing the book away seemingly every other page. The story focuses on the life of a young French woman and her affair with an […] read full post >>

 Hello, everyone! This week, I read Marguerite Duras's novel "The Lover". I was kind of scared to read this book after Jon explained it to us in the last class. I was ready to face some discomforting moments, but I may have exaggerated a bit. It i... read full post >>

 Hello, everyone! This week, I read Marguerite Duras's novel "The Lover". I was kind of scared to read this book after Jon explained it to us in the last class. I was ready to face some discomforting moments, but I may have exaggerated a bit. It i... read full post >>

This book, [The Lover], was more familiar for me than other books, and it is most likely because of the movie released in 1992. It was not a completely different experience with texts, but indeed had a different impression on writings about her youth. Every time I write the blog post, I feel like I […] read full post >>

 All I ask for, is one book where the relationship between two characters doesn't make me so uncomfortable (I’m thinking of Nada, Hour of a Star and the Time of the Doves). Seriously though, the books in this class will make you feel all kinds of ... read full post >>

 All I ask for, is one book where the relationship between two characters doesn't make me so uncomfortable (I’m thinking of Nada, Hour of a Star and the Time of the Doves). Seriously though, the books in this class will make you feel all kinds of ... read full post >>