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Week 12 – Dolls, Drama, Girlhood
Posted by: Ludivine Cat
Hi Everyone! Welcome back for the last time, as this is the last book of the semester. I don’t know about you guys, but this semester has flown by for me. I can’t believe it’s almost over. The final book of this class was My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, and I really enjoyed it! […] read full post >>
Week12: Faces in the Crowd
Posted by: Xinrui
Hi, everyone. Welcome to my week 12 blog. How was everyone's weekend? Time flies so fast. This week’s blog is also the last book I read this semester. I have to say that this course is really a wonderful course that allows me to read a lot of mean... read full post >>
Week12: Faces in the Crowd
Posted by: Xinrui
Hi, everyone. Welcome to my week 12 blog. How was everyone's weekend? Time flies so fast. This week’s blog is also the last book I read this semester. I have to say that this course is really a wonderful course that allows me to read a lot of mean... read full post >>
faces in the crowd
Posted by: amryn
This novel was different from the ones we have read before. The narration starts off with a women who is researching a poet. She starts obsessing over him in an almost unhealthy way and creating a life for him. She immerses herself in what she observes to be his life and creates her own voice […] read full post >>
arrivederci girlhood (i woke up with a new grey hair)
Posted by: mberrach
Elena Ferrante checks your mailbox, I’m sending you a check for emotional damages. Holy fuck I loved this book. This genuinely might be one of my favourite books I’ve read this semester, and maybe on of my favourites books in a while. It’s in this novel’s simplicity is where I found the most connection to […] read full post >>
My brilliant friend: Elena Ferrante
Posted by: vibhaj
I want to start by saying that I almost threw this book across the room after reading the ending because I was so dissatisfied with it, but after discovering that it is the first in a series I am much more content with it and want to read more. I enjo... read full post >>
My brilliant friend: Elena Ferrante
Posted by: vibhaj
I want to start by saying that I almost threw this book across the room after reading the ending because I was so dissatisfied with it, but after discovering that it is the first in a series I am much more content with it and want to read more. I enjo... read full post >>
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 >>
