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Lispector’s The Passion According to G.H.

Hi everyone! This week I will be reflecting on Clarice Lispector’s novel The Passion According to G.H. Initially, I chose…

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The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector

I found this novel to be very metaphysically intense. The preface of the novel addressing the reader that “this is a book like any other book. But I would be happy if it were only read by people whose souls are already formed” reminded me of my beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. Muslims […]

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The Passion According to G.H. (Week 7)

Clarice Lispector’s The Passion According to G.H. was not at all what I expected it to be. Given the position of the protagonist and certain details about her way of life, I read through more than a little of the novel assuming that there would be some kind of message relating to intersections between gender […]

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Week 7 – Lispector’s “The Passion According to G.H.”

I’m mostly finished reading The Passion According to G.H. at this point and it’s ranged from being an incredible experience to a completely confusing (and even boring) one at times; I’m still trying to make sense of everything. There’s an interesting take on truth that I’m not really sure how to unpack, and I felt a […]

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The Passion According to G.H – Clarice Lispector

I can’t say that I really enjoyed this week’s reading as much as in past weeks. I felt the novel to be a little repetitive and a little boring I understand what Lispector was trying to do in the text … Continue reading →

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Lady kills cockroach and goes insane – aka The Passion According to G.H.

    Well then! Ignoring the themes and deep meanings that I barely understand I have to just first stop and take a moment to question what I just read. Simply summarized, lady kills cockroach, goes insane… for over 100 pages. I don’t know what I was expecting storyline wise but it was really impressive that an entire novel was created around one event. I wish I had a bit more time to dig into this novel (I procrastinated reading it over break woopsies) but as I don’t, I have just had to try my best to understand haha. 
    Unsurprisingly, its pretty difficult to have a constantly original train of thought about one event occur for essentially an entire novel and I noticed there was quite a lot of repetition throughout. Little phrases and also just ideas (feeling/being unclean was a pretty continuous thing). Honestly the whole thing was pretty hard to read, I got lost a lot and found myself skipping large chunks of text in confusion. However, this repetition also made it feel as if you were going along with her, experiencing the same spiraling mental state that she was. I have noticed often when I have been confused by things we have read in this class it has added to the meaning of them. While, like always I had a difficult time picking up on little details and symbolism, of which I am sure there is lots, I can tell you this novel as a whole felt very spiral-y simply due to the way it was written. Not sure I enjoyed feeling like I too was having a mental breakdown/existential crisis but it was certainly interesting. 
    
    The things I am most curious about were the drawing G.H.’s former maid left on the wall, along with the possible symbolism of her (literal) baggage in the room. I honestly have no idea about the drawing and would be interested to hear other’s thoughts about it. The baggage however I found interesting, more so as I got into the story. I may be reaching but G.H. mentions her childhood and she obviously has some sort of trauma from it judging by how weirdly classist she is despite growing up in poverty. So she has her emotional baggage and her literal baggage in the same room. Given that she does directly mention her bags a few times I feel justified in giving them significance.
    

Thats all 😀 This book was a challenge for me but definitely interesting lol

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Lady kills cockroach and goes insane – aka The Passion According to G.H.

    Well then! Ignoring the themes and deep meanings that I barely understand I have to just first stop and take a moment to question what I just read. Simply summarized, lady kills cockroach, goes insane… for over 100 pages. I don’t know what I was expecting storyline wise but it was really impressive that an entire novel was created around one event. I wish I had a bit more time to dig into this novel (I procrastinated reading it over break woopsies) but as I don’t, I have just had to try my best to understand haha. 
    Unsurprisingly, its pretty difficult to have a constantly original train of thought about one event occur for essentially an entire novel and I noticed there was quite a lot of repetition throughout. Little phrases and also just ideas (feeling/being unclean was a pretty continuous thing). Honestly the whole thing was pretty hard to read, I got lost a lot and found myself skipping large chunks of text in confusion. However, this repetition also made it feel as if you were going along with her, experiencing the same spiraling mental state that she was. I have noticed often when I have been confused by things we have read in this class it has added to the meaning of them. While, like always I had a difficult time picking up on little details and symbolism, of which I am sure there is lots, I can tell you this novel as a whole felt very spiral-y simply due to the way it was written. Not sure I enjoyed feeling like I too was having a mental breakdown/existential crisis but it was certainly interesting. 
    
    The things I am most curious about were the drawing G.H.’s former maid left on the wall, along with the possible symbolism of her (literal) baggage in the room. I honestly have no idea about the drawing and would be interested to hear other’s thoughts about it. The baggage however I found interesting, more so as I got into the story. I may be reaching but G.H. mentions her childhood and she obviously has some sort of trauma from it judging by how weirdly classist she is despite growing up in poverty. So she has her emotional baggage and her literal baggage in the same room. Given that she does directly mention her bags a few times I feel justified in giving them significance.
    

Thats all 😀 This book was a challenge for me but definitely interesting lol

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blog#7 – a woman and her Cockroach —

blog#7 – a woman and her Cockroach — Reading The Passion According to G.H. was one of the closest moments that I felt like I was reading a well-composed transcript of my own thoughts. The way the Clarice Lispector seamlessly yet abruptly changes from concept to concept is mind-bogglingly impressive – all the while articulating […]

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The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector

This novel seemed to be a bit more engaging for myself compared to the others I’ve read for this course. I think I was able to find certain passages of Lispector’s writing to be overdramatic and borderline humorous, with immense detail to totally picture it happening. The best example of this would be the beginning […]

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Week 7, The Passion According to G.H

This book was my personal Hindenburg. At the beginning of this novel I was really intrigued Lispector’s use of language and I through exploring the contradictory nature of feelings in the modern world was really cool. Just like the Hindenburg … Continue reading →

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