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Death with Interruptions Reflection

Posted by: nathanmh2003

Hello everyone, I’m back yet again to take a look at this week’s book Death with Interruptions, by Jose Saramago. This book was fantastic. I’d rank it as one of my favourites of the course by far. The scenario that the town is launched into is very unique and interesting, and I really enjoyed reading […] read full post >>
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Reflection : Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago

Posted by: Marcus

Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago, was a fun one. The style of writing was very different, sentences were long and separated by commas which made it hard to follow at some points as you had to figure out who was talking mostly based on context.... read full post >>
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Reflection : Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago

Posted by: Marcus

Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago, was a fun one. The style of writing was very different, sentences were long and separated by commas which made it hard to follow at some points as you had to figure out who was talking mostly based on context.... read full post >>
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Being Delulu is the Solulu -The Book of Chameleons

Posted by: Gabriella’s RMST Blog

 This week's read was The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo. From the title, I had assumed that our lizard narrator would be a chameleon, but funny enough, he was a gecko. After reading this book, it definitely makes sense that it was titled afte... read full post >>
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Being Delulu is the Solulu -The Book of Chameleons

Posted by: Gabriella’s RMST Blog

 This week's read was The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo. From the title, I had assumed that our lizard narrator would be a chameleon, but funny enough, he was a gecko. After reading this book, it definitely makes sense that it was titled afte... read full post >>
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Death with interruptions: If we don’t start dying again we have no future

Posted by: Farahnaz

This book was really interesting to me in that it brought up conversations on how death is inherently linked to politics and that it brings value to the policies of politics. Saramago shows that death is what brings value as he highlights how starting with the queen evading her death led to bringing monarchy to […] read full post >>
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The Book of Chameleons – José Eduardo Agualusa

Posted by: rickopoo

This book was a very interesting read once again, and was a complete opposite of what we read last week with “Money to Burn” – which I personally really loved, so the bar was set high this week. Although it had themes of memory, dreams, which we have seen before, it took on another perspective […] read full post >>
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Posted by: simi2525

Well here he is. This is Jeeto, my beautiful, intelligent, sassy gecko. He is turning ten this year, but he has never uttered a single word to me before. I accept our non-verbal relationship and I think we mutually enjoy his walks along my arm. Now to dive into this week’s novel “The Book of […] read full post >>
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jealous of Felix, I want an Eulálio

Posted by: amryn

This book was a short read, I think it touches on the topic of identity and illusions. The story follows the friendship of Felix and his surprising houseguest Eulálio. I envy Felix because I have actually dreamt about this specific scenario, talking to my animal sidekick is insane and I need this to happen to […] read full post >>
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The Book of Chameleons – Dreams and False Realities

Posted by: Arissa Naumann

Hi everyone, this week I read “The Book of Chameleons”. I really enjoyed this book, it might be my favourite so far. I liked how the book consisted of very short chapters and the lighthearted beginning leading to a darker twist towards the end. As a ki... read full post >>
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