This text was the easiest to comprehend but the hardest to part with. I felt that every time I discovered something new between the lines, I would go back and delve further into Ana-Maria’s words. Bombal’s juxtaposition between the regret in death and the egotistical way we live life made for a reality check […]
The Shrouded Woman by María Luisa Bombal uses imagery, symbolism, and many other smaller themes to show the contrast between life and death. The contrast between the beginning and the end shows the contrast between life and death in the order of a natural life cycle. In the very first section, a woman, (the shrouded […]
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In The Shrouded Woman the story of our protagonist Ana-Maria is one of reflection on her life through the eyes of her corpse. She walks the reader through memories with people close to her throughout her life. Unlike our previous texts, I really found myself getting lost in the text. Right from the beginning, I … Continue reading “Thoughts on María Luisa Bombal “The Shrouded Woman””
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What surprised me most about reading Maria Luisa Bombal’s “The Shrouded Woman” was the absurdity of how the narrator’s every moment goes against her own expectations and there is something spiritual about the fact that the narrative is carried by a dead woman (The Shroud) as there is a feeling you get that nothing really […]
The Shrouded Woman was a wonderful read. The unorthodox use of perspective, at times adopting the first-person viewpoint of the dead Ana Maria, and at other times taking a third-person viewpoint, makes for an interesting retrospective on the life of the character. By seeing it through Ana Maria’s eyes, we get to experience her life, […]
I had to confess the book’s allure after reading about The Shrouded Woman. The growth of female awareness occurred in last century, and this work exemplifies the rarity and specialness of feminist literature during that time period. Maria Luisa Bombal is an exceptional writer. Her writing is both lovely and melancholy. Every point of view, … Continue reading “The Shrouded Woman” →
I really enjoyed this novel; I found it beautifully written and thought-provoking. Bombal’s use of magical realism to deliver a tale of a dead woman reminiscing on her life, and the various characters in it, was very touching and got me right in my feels. I admire her manner of subtly offering up bits of […]
I really enjoyed this weeks reading. It was different from our previous readings, and although I enjoyed those as well, Bombal’s work was like a breath of fresh air. To me, it was much simpler to understand, there was more of a natural flow, and the concepts were some of the biggest things life revolves […]
Maria Luisa Bombal’s text “The Shrouded Woman,” written in 1947, discusses the state between life and death. The main character seems to be recounting her relationships with people in the novel who come and visit her body. The narrator recalls events related and moves on towards peace and moving to the afterlife through this process. […]
The Shrouded Woman takes on a super naturalistic approach to death as the main character (Ana Maria) lays deceased, yet she takes her audience through her most important past events in her life. What stuck out to me with this story was the many failed loves Ana Maria had experienced throughout her life. She points …
