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Book 3 of the semester and I feel like it’s starting to get good. I found Proust and Breton to be overly complex, needing a lot of rereading and reflection, however, The Shrouded Woman by Maria Bombal was an enthralling narrative, filled with beautiful imagery, oozing emotion. I found myself lost between the lines from …

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This book like many others, has undoubtedly been my favourite read so far. I appreciated the lighthearted feel to the book even though the themes tend to be on the deeper side. The story follows a women and her journey to find love and break free from the norms that bound women in a society […] read full post >>

This week’s reading “The Shrouded Woman” by Maria Luisa Bombal was one that I found quite captivating and enjoyable. One of the themes in this reading that I found most captivating was the theme of regret, and how regret and death interact with the souls of dying people. Bombal described Ana-Maria’s grievances with the people […] read full post >>

This book for me was the best one yet. I swear being able to fully understand what I am reading makes it all the more enjoyable. In the lecture the professor talked about the power of fiction. I found it interesting that although this is obviously a work of fiction, it never felt as though […] read full post >>

María Luisa Bombal’s The Shrouded Woman felt like experiencing a sad sitcom. I really enjoyed the way her writing felt entertaining and enjoyable, yet she was still able to tackle intense concepts and sad storylines. I think my biggest struggle reading Bombal … Continue reading → read full post >>

Hello, it’s Nathan. I’m back again to give my thoughts on this week’s book, The Shrouded Woman by Maria Luisa Bombal. In short, I did not enjoy reading it. I found it confusing and hard to follow at times. There also was not much action throughout it, aside from a short section where Alberto, Maria […] read full post >>

Hello all, welcome to another blog, this time we will be talking about “The Shrouded Woman” by María Luísa Bombal. Honestly I was incredibly surprised by this book, I had heard about the book and thought it was interesting but I didn’t think it would be the kind of book I would loose myself in, … read full post >>

María Luisa Bombal’s story left me overwhelmingly sad and dejected throughout the whole reading. The Shrouded Woman displays the main character’s — Ana Maria’s — most impactful interrelationships and choices as she remains in a limbo-like state before the finality of death. The text is beautifully written with an abundance of imagery and detail, allowing readers to […] read full post >>

“the day burns hours, minutes, seconds” (177) Similar to the “day,” I found that this book seemed to burn hours, minutes, and seconds of my time whenever I went to pick it up. Each time I just couldn’t put it down! When comparing this piece to Combray and Nadja, the three are almost not even […] read full post >>

This book is definitely my favourite one yet. “The Shrouded Woman” is ultimately a story of revolt, a violation of social norms and patriarchal restrictions. Bombal portrays a woman who defies societal expectations about her role through the character of Ana María. Rather, Ana María challenges the confining grip of custom and expectation by asserting […] read full post >>

To begin, “The Shrouded Women” by Bombal has been my favourite novel thus far in the course. Although it might be too early to claim a favourite (it is only the third novel I have read), I think this is going to be a hard one to compete with. The reason I say this is […] read full post >>

For me, “The Shrouded Woman” by María Luisa Bombal was an unexpected and intriguing journey. The speaker’s position of this book makes it very fascinating– it’s narrated by a woman on her deathbed. A Unique Narrative Style Bombal’s choice of narrator is striking. The protagonist, Ana María, is caught in a sort of limbo – […] read full post >>

Hi again! I hope you are all doing well. This week, I read “The Shrouded Women.” I would say it has been my favourite out of the other books we have discussed. Maria Luisa Bombal does a great job of capturing the story and the emotions of the main character, Ana María. I especially found […] read full post >>

In Bombal’s second novel, La amortajada (The Shrouded Woman), the recently deceased protagonist, while attending her own funeral, reflects on her life’s memories. The shrouded woman was a wonderful yet painful narrative of a woman reflecting on her life after death and watching over people she cared about. Several passages of this novel sent shivers […] read full post >>

The Shrouded Woman is a unique exponent of the avant-garde movement, a movement in which avant-garde artists promoted their progressive and radical politics whilst advocating for societal reform with and through their works of art. Bombal’s novel is framed as an exploration of life and death that also sets the stage for her socio-political statement. Bombal’s “shrouded […] read full post >>