One of the first things I noticed about The Shrouded Woman is how abruptly it begins. There’s no buildup or explanation, we’re immediately inside Ana María’s consciousness as she lies in her coffin. What surprised me most was how calm and reflective this perspective is. Death isn’t portrayed as frightening or chaotic, but as quiet […]
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Side note: in my post about Proust I jokingly mentioned that a family tree would be useful for keeping track of all the different characters. This week, I decided to make my own (see cover image). Let me know if there’s anyone I missed or if you’d do it a different way! I’m a […]
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 […]
I would recommend listening to some “ethereal” or “dreamy” music whilst reading Bombay’s “The Shrouded Women”, I listened to the OST soundtrack from “Vinland Saga” and felt immersed into the novel. The way Ana Maria creates her world is almost enchanting, her words are delicately placed and has intention of moving ones emotional state. The […]
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 […]
