I went into “The Shrouded Woman” thinking I’d get a short, moody novella about love, loss, and maybe a little existential angst. What I did not expect was to spend most of the book slowly realizing that the narrator is… dead. Or possibly dying. Or possibly just extremely committed to dissociation. Honestly, it takes a […]
jan 25, 2026 I have a lot of thoughts after reading Maria Luisa Bombal’s The Shrouded Woman. I really enjoyed reading this book. Not in the way that I felt good while reading, I felt really sad reading about the lives of the women in the book, but I relate to the narrator as a […]
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TW This has been my favourite book to read so far! I loved the poetic way it was written and I found it much easier to follow the story line than with the Breton or Proust. I noticed that I read this book much slower but I wanted to savour every word and feeling that was evoked on the page….
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I loved reading a piece of literature from the 20th century that emphasizes the life and experiences of a woman, written by a woman. Many romance novels centering woman written by men tend to focus on women’s bodies more, seeming to objectify them, and the conflict in the stories tend to centre men. In “The […]
I CHEERED when I realized this novel was in the third person, solely because I certainly prefer the distance that comes with an outside perspective. However, I have definitely learned that first person perspective can add that extra layer of depth through the wonderful works I have read so far in this class. Well, […]
To begin, I actually had a hard time reading this week’s literature. I felt lost and thought that Proust was somewhat more of an easier read. I am unsure if this is because it was written in a different perspective, something I am not used to or because I struggle to keep track of each […]
Whilst reading The Shrouded Woman, I didn’t immediately realize that Ana Maria was dead. I might have missed a couple of details at the start, but I don’t expect to fully grasp all of the details upon my first reading. I only realized she was dead a bi…
Whilst reading The Shrouded Woman, I didn’t immediately realize that Ana Maria was dead. I might have missed a couple of details at the start, but I don’t expect to fully grasp all of the details upon my first reading. I only realized she was dead a bi…
I knew throughout the book that Ana Maria was dead. Yet, I was left wanting more when I finished reading. I wanted to continue to learn about her life, even though she felt that it was small and did not amount to much. Knowing that she was dead did not lighten the emotional response I […]
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What a book! Within just the first few pages, I felt strangely emotional about Ana María and her life.. which caught me completely off guard. It almost felt.. relatable? It’s given me lots to think about, that’s for sure. There is something so incredibly intimate about the way she reflects on her life from the […]
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