I really enjoyed this book! Hallelujah our first female author yayy:00 (plus she’s Chilean ultra cheer!!) Starting with an overall reflection, I loved how this novel was depicted. The whole concept of death and how it is entered through reflecting on your lifes journey – heavily including all who were involved in it is sweet! […]
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The novel takes us through Ana María’s memories, which resurface as certain key figures from her life enter the room where her body lies. Each presence unlocks a different part of her memories with that person. Because she speaks from death, there’s a new honesty to the way she looks at herself and others, which […]
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While reading The Shrouded Woman, I couldn’t help but think back to Combray. I know the two texts are very different in style and context, but they feel similar in the way they treat memory and reflection. In both novels, the present moment acts more like a gateway to the past than a place where […]
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I feel as though this week’s read has been the most intriguing and immersive so far, and though again I write these thoughts before I have even finished the book, this time it’s really because I’d like t…
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I feel as though this week’s read has been the most intriguing and immersive so far, and though again I write these thoughts before I have even finished the book, this time it’s really because I’d like t…
Maybe it was death, no… surely it was through death that Ana was rid of any feelings of vengeance and despair that would’ve kept her bound to the living realm. God, if I were Ana and saw my ex-lover, WHO HAD ABANDONED ME WHILE PREGNANT, show up to my funeral, SAD? Bro… please escort him out and just beat the…
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As a woman, I really enjoyed this novel empathetically. There are two different lines that are worth talking about, one is about the narrator’s funeral, and the other is about the narrator herself. I think I’ll start with Marie herself. If I’m gonna describe her in simple sentences, I would say: she was a kind […]
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I was aware from the start Ana Maria was dead and I assumed we’d be recounting her regrets and contentments. However, the approach by which Bombal decided to do so was something that threw me off guard. I should say it felt like each memory was so vividly intertwined that it painted a picture without […]
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From the books we’ve read so far, I can definitely say this stood out to me, and I think it is due to the unique narrative voice Bombal has used alongside the depth. The narrative style and structure, especially its beginning after her death, are very unique. The way her awareness lies in her corpse […]
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After reading the Shrouded Woman, it allowed me to think differently about memory and story telling. Through Bombal, memory was shown to be something emotional and sort of fragmented instead of a clear sequence of events. From the narrators reflection on her life from her own wake made me realize how much of her experience […]
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