After finishing this book, all I can say is that it made me so uncomfortable. The weird incestual undertones were so strange. The Oedipus complex truly was strong with this one, and also why would the mom do all that with her son there…I had a big is…
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After finishing this book, all I can say is that it made me so uncomfortable. The weird incestual undertones were so strange. The Oedipus complex truly was strong with this one, and also why would the mom do all that with her son there…I had a big is…
Posted in Blogs, Moravia | Tagged with adulthood, Agostino, alienation
This book was long. Yet so immersive and so interesting, with its integrated Quechuan words with their translations at the footnote. I found the usage of these untranslated words helped me understand and visualize the culture the author has tried to portray. In addition to the descriptions of towns, the churches, the bell ringing, lighting […]
Posted in Arguedas, Blogs | Tagged with alienation, childhood, Colonialism, culture, injustice, language, Music, postcolonialism, race
