Hello everyone, welcome back to the blog. The read for this week is Money to Burn by Roberto Piglia. I didn’t know much about this book going in (only that it was about a bank robbery of some sort) and was quite shocked by what I ended up reading. My shock greatened when I learned […]
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Hey everyone! I am super excited to discuss this week’s reading because it is a CRIME STORYYY!! I personally love crime or murder mystery stories; the whole element of mystery and suspense is so engaging for me so this was definitely a great read. I think there is SO MUCH to talk about when it […]
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Hi, fellow readers,This is the last obligatory book we must read, and we are almost at the end of this term! We were to read “Money to Burn” by Ricardo Piglia this week. I was not expecting this book to be as disturbing as it was. This is the mos…
Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with confusing, disturbing, Drugs, Gaucho, issues, killing, reader, Sex-obsessed
Hi, fellow readers,This is the last obligatory book we must read, and we are almost at the end of this term! We were to read “Money to Burn” by Ricardo Piglia this week. I was not expecting this book to be as disturbing as it was. This is the mos…
Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with confusing, disturbing, Drugs, Gaucho, issues, killing, reader, Sex-obsessed
I. Love. Crime. Stories. “Money to Burn,” is a crime novel (I love it). It delves deep into the intricacies of a daring bank heist, while also touching on the socio-political tensions in Argentina (This part I don’t care so much about. More crime please). Having just finished this book, I can say with full […]
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Luca Guadagnino, I have your next movie idea king! I actually really liked this novel. It was fast-paced, interesting and genuinely made me go WTF several times. I fully forgot that what I was reading was based on a true story, because everything about it felt like a movie. But even with the genre of […]
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During class last week we were once again given a small spoiler for this book in the form of “it’s something different than the coming-of-age stories we’ve read as it’s going to be a thriller” and that description stayed true while reading this week’s book. Right from the beginning we are thrown into a fast-paced […]
I found reading Ricardo Piglia’s Money to Burn a fragmented experience. Because the book is told largely through newspaper reports and secret police recordings, but also through details the author is almost certainly taking creative liberties with, I was unsure how much of the book was fiction and how much wasn’t. I also for someContinue reading “Journalism Through the Looking-Glass: Money to Burn”
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Where to even begin on this whirlwind of a novel. Ricardo Piglia’s Money to Burn was genuinely one of my favourite reads of the course thus far. I think this has to do with the writing style in part because … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with Drugs, love, money, thieves, violence, women
Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog;) I hope you all have being enjoying this weather as much as I have. This week’s reading was a nice change from the usual story lines we have read so far. I’d describe it as captivating crime thriller that kept me on my toes. I’m not usually an […]
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