When I read novels, I expect to be immersed, anxiously turning the page to know what happens next. Not even just pertaining to novels, but video games too. Otherwise I just drop it. I can’t quite do that to Marcel Proust’s “Combray”, and I never expected to feel that immersion with the book. I was […]
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I personally had a blast reading Nadja, a peek into the mind of someone very eccentric but on the verge of being mentally unhinged. To be honest however, the pacing is awfully slow, it’s a type of atmospheric writing that requires patience but a manner of reading that doesn’t take the story seriously, but still […]
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Hi again blog :)) Thank the heavens this week the reading had normal lenght sentences (looking at you, Combray). I absolutely adored reading Mad Toy. The pacing of the story was amazing, and I really felt as if I was looking at snapshots of Silvio’s life. I thought I would feel the gaps in the […]
I found Nadja interesting because I felt that it had some similarities with Proust in how the story utilizes a lot of internal monologue and internal thought processes. This parallel of self-identity and figuring out memories is intriguing. Putti…
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I found Nadja interesting because I felt that it had some similarities with Proust in how the story utilizes a lot of internal monologue and internal thought processes. This parallel of self-identity and figuring out memories is intriguing. Putti…
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Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. The stacks are toppling already–not the best of signs, but hopefully I should be able to get these tremors under control with a good spell of focus. I won’t dally with describing the organizationa…
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. The stacks are toppling already–not the best of signs, but hopefully I should be able to get these tremors under control with a good spell of focus. I won’t dally with describing the organizationa…
I think everyone took a long drawn sigh of relief reading this after Proust.
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So, before I start on the novel, I learned a new word today: picaresque ᐠ( ᐛ )ᐟ I found myself really enjoying this format, with each chapter feeling like a short story woven together by a constant protagonist. I also just enjoyed the book in general! The first chapter, the band of thieves, felt wholesome […]
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I wasn’t sure how to start this blog. I think I sat here staring at an empty screen, just gathering my thoughts for quite a while. I read Mad Toy by Roberto Arlt this morning, started my day early and immersed myself into the streets of Argentina. Reading the book was a breeze when it […]
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