Hello, it’s Nathan. I’m back again to give my thoughts on this week’s book, The Shrouded Woman by Maria Luisa Bombal. In short, I did not enjoy reading it. I found it confusing and hard to follow at times. There also was not much action throughout it, aside from a short section where Alberto, Maria […]
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“the day burns hours, minutes, seconds” (177) Similar to the “day,” I found that this book seemed to burn hours, minutes, and seconds of my time whenever I went to pick it up. Each time I just couldn’t put it down! When comparing this piece to Combray and Nadja, the three are almost not even […]
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This book is definitely my favourite one yet. “The Shrouded Woman” is ultimately a story of revolt, a violation of social norms and patriarchal restrictions. Bombal portrays a woman who defies societal expectations about her role through the character of Ana María. Rather, Ana María challenges the confining grip of custom and expectation by asserting […]
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For me, “The Shrouded Woman” by María Luisa Bombal was an unexpected and intriguing journey. The speaker’s position of this book makes it very fascinating– it’s narrated by a woman on her deathbed. A Unique Narrative Style Bombal’s choice of narrator is striking. The protagonist, Ana María, is caught in a sort of limbo – […]
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The Shrouded Woman is a unique exponent of the avant-garde movement, a movement in which avant-garde artists promoted their progressive and radical politics whilst advocating for societal reform with and through their works of art. Bombal’s novel is framed as an exploration of life and death that also sets the stage for her socio-political statement. Bombal’s “shrouded […]
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Hmm… I have lots of thoughts on this novel but am not sure exactly where to start. I think it’s safe to say that this piece touches on a question we’ve all spent some time thinking about: where do we go when we die? I’ll be honest, when I read the description of The Shrouded […]
What may come across as a mysterious book, told from the perspective of a ghost, is a beautiful exploration of a woman’s life and her relationships told in a very interesting way. The Shrouded Woman by Maria-Luisa Bombal is a modernist text that seeks to push the boundaries of what a novel is and who […]
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Where do we go after we die? I don’t know the answer to this question, but in The Shrouded Woman the narrator is sent into a limbo state between life and death, where her body is unable to move yet can still feel, and her consciousness is able to reflect on and come to terms […]
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It was painful to read — not only about the difficulty of the book, but also the tragic feeling, maily from the love, I could look through Ana Maria’s life. As I follow Ana Maria’s life, from the “cowardly desertion” of Ricardo, her first love, lunatic jealousy of Silvia towards Maria Griselda, and marriage “out […]
Bombal’s novel dives into the realm of death by weaving memories into an intricate story of life. This story ultimately is a testament to who Ana was, her phases of life, and how they all fit into a greater force than ourselves. The Shrouded Woma…
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