The Time Of The Doves was probably my favourite book we have read so far in this class. The book covers some dark topics and is not a particularly happy one and shows a resilient protagonist who is brought to her breaking point, who is then able …
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The Time Of The Doves was probably my favourite book we have read so far in this class. The book covers some dark topics and is not a particularly happy one and shows a resilient protagonist who is brought to her breaking point, who is then able …
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Barcelona, Catalan, death
Initially, reading the book is like diving into a tornado of feelings and vivid imagery. With its turbulent setting in early 20th-century Barcelona, the novel explores the protagonist’s life focusing on her personal hardships and the sociopolitical chaos going on around her. The adept use of stream-of-consciousness in Rodoreda’s story strikes me as one of its most remarkable […]
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This week’s reading was called ‘Nada’ by Carmen Laforet and is set in Barcelona, Spain. The story follows a young girl named Andrea as she navigates her new life in Barcelona after moving from a much smaller community. Personally, I was quite torn over what my opinion of this book is because on the one […]
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I decided to go with this book to challenge myself and I’m glad I did. I really enjoyed reading this week’s read of Laforet’s Nada. I was really intrigued by the title because I vaguely remembered that “nada” means nothing in Spanish. Then I read the transcript confirming my thoughts stating, “[a]fter all, a narrative …
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