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Okay, I know this might be a controversial take, but I was bored. Up until the money-burning scene. No offense to Ricardo Piglia, but the genre just isn’t for me. I’ve never been drawn to crime or true crime stories, nor do I particularly enjoy action. They tend to make me feel dizzy and depressed. […] read full post >>

I have to say, I’m pleasantly surprised by Ricardo Piglia’s Money to Burn. This is by far my favourite of all of our novels so far, and I think it’s the first one that I was actually invested in getting through. On the surface, it’s a noir-ish crime tale about a botched Buenos Aires robbery […] read full post >>

Starting off, Dorda is described as “very superstitious, forever spotting negative signals, and engaged in numerous secret rituals, which tended to complicate his life” (pg 2). Honestly this instantly made him feel so real to me? Like we all know someone like that or maybe we are that person a little bit who has habits […] read full post >>

Drugs, sexual obsession, crimes. These elements filled in the entire book in the fiction Money to Burn written by Piglia. Since the start of the book, Piglia is constantly stressing the importance of MONEY, the medium used in the society for exchange. On page 14, the character the Girl is introduced. She is the lover […] read full post >>

After reading Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia, I kept thinking about a phrase people often say to children: “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” Parents usually say this to their kids in order to remind them that money is hard to earn and shouldn’t be wasted. But after reading this novel, another thought came to […] read full post >>

I probably already mentioned this before but keeping track of all the characters is one of my absolute weaknesses while reading. To be honest, I started off pretty good for this specific text. I made notes of each new character and jotted a bit about who they are so I could refer back to it. […] read full post >>

At first, I wasn't sure how to approach this book. It feels like a crime thriller but also like a documentary. Yet, reading this was an interesting experience, and I love the themes of crime, rebellion, and the Shakespearean-esque tragic hero that I sa... read full post >>

At first, I wasn't sure how to approach this book. It feels like a crime thriller but also like a documentary. Yet, reading this was an interesting experience, and I love the themes of crime, rebellion, and the Shakespearean-esque tragic hero that I sa... read full post >>

“Then the Kid raised himself up ever so slightly, leaning on one elbow, and murmured something into his ear which no one could hear, a few words of love, no doubt, uttered under his breath or perhaps left unuttered, but sensed by the Gaucho who kissed the Kid as he departed. They remained motionless for […] read full post >>

Money to Burn is rich in scenes involving whirlwinds of chaos, relentless acts of crime, and portrayal of criminality as acts of disregard and recklessness in attaining what specific groups want or desire in society. The scene involving rape and &#8230... read full post >>

This novel tells a true story. This is so crazy that the story does not need to be made up because, in reality, the most unbelievable and the most cruel things can just happen. After reading this book, I really want to say every person could be bad or... read full post >>

This novel tells a true story. This is so crazy that the story does not need to be made up because, in reality, the most unbelievable and the most cruel things can just happen. After reading this book, I really want to say every person could be bad or... read full post >>

 I think this is one of the most interesting novels i’ve read so far during this class. It kept the element of true crime/true events throughout the theme and most of the events (and I am a true crime junkie) and the sociologist in me was also abl... read full post >>

 I think this is one of the most interesting novels i’ve read so far during this class. It kept the element of true crime/true events throughout the theme and most of the events (and I am a true crime junkie) and the sociologist in me was also abl... read full post >>

Reading Marguerite Duras’s The Lover is a genuinely disorienting experience. It’s essentially an autobiographical novel about a fifteen(ish?) year-old French girl who begins a passionate affair with a wealthy, older Chinese man. A detail I found interesting about the novel is how it actively deprives us of the lover’s identity. For example, we know he […] read full post >>