I just finished reading ‘The Lover’ and I think I’m realizing that I don’t like French books. They are all so wishy washy and dreamy and so hard to follow. I was so confused the whole time reading this book. It felt like the narrator’s stream of consciousness but everything was fragmented and we would go from talking about her…
Thank you Marguerite Duras for this book but why did the protagonist have to be so young?? I get that she’s reflecting back on her life but a 15-year-old having an affair with a 27-year-old? Ewwwwwwww! I was just hoping for a somewhat normal relationship but I guess that’s too much to ask for. I […]
When I was first reading this book, I honestly did not know what to expect. I initially thought this was going to be something related to the main character being a spy (Hence the name trenchcoat). The story starts off with a dinner between friends. It’s a nice dinner with conversations between friends and peers. […]
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I think my first thought after finishing this story was how strange the situation felt, but also how familiar it seemed in a different way. Nowadays, people gather, have dinner, talk about random things, and often avoid discussing politics, even when the political situation around the world feels chaotic or upside down. The difference is […]
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is it any different under capitalism? #TheTrenchcoat #NormanManea
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Honestly… I’m still not entirely sure of what I just read. I’m so lost. The story felt chaotic and overwhelming, but also fascinating. The narration seems to jump around between various voices, descriptions, and conversations so quickly, making it a little hard to follow. But! Like lots of other stories I’ve read in this course, […]
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IM ALWAYS CONFUSED. Extremely lost once again… but it also seems like everyone in this story is also confused and stressed and repeating themselves so maybe it’s fine.. First of all.. The narration style really threw me off at first. There is SO much repetition. Characters say the same thing over and over but in … Continue reading im not sure..
“I think I’m paranoid
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This short story left me very confused and disoriented, with not much to grasp onto and characters also losing it, like Ioana gesturing towards hidden conspiracies and death that had existed So it was relieving to know that the confusion and paranoia and gradual descent into madness is a feature, not a bug, of the […]
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WOW! I love the storytelling method of this book. It really allows me to know everything that is going to happen before I actually read the actual part of the plot. Great use of foreshadowing!! It may also due to the repetition, where she divided the entire story into fragments and glued them together while […]
