Alas, we have reached the end of this course! This course was strangely nowhere near what I expected but in the best way possible. I think the texts we have read and the discussions we have had, truly make me … Continue reading
A World of Difference
Constance Debré, Love Me Tender
The book we are reading this week was most definitely chosen as a personal hate crime against me. Are you having a giggle prof. Beasley? are having a little laugh? Im certainly not laughing after reading this book. This book first started with a quote from Borges- that he would perhaps like to be reborn […]
I. Loved. This. Book. Although a quick Google search might call this novel a “murder mystery,” I think that’s quite a stretch. By the halfway point, I felt the book was leaning more towards fantasy because of its whimsical, mysterious, and somewhat unsettling tone (I’ll explain this more later!). However, towards the end, it shifted … Continue reading The Book of Chameleons: Kafka if He Were a Gecko (Mar 25)
Hey everyone! This week, we’re reading “Money to Burn” by Ricardo Piglia. Finally, nothing super weird with love interests happened, and what really got me to enjoy this book was its mystery/crime aspect. I really liked Piglia’s style of writing as he was able to blend different genres and narrative styles seamlessly. Throughout the novel, […]
José Eduardo Agualusa, The Book of Chameleons
Javier Cercas, Soldiers of Salamis
“What has to be most feared, the worst thing in life, always happens out of the blue, without anyone being ready for it, which makes it all the worse, because one is both waiting but has no time to get used to the idea and is caught out, paralysed, yet obliged to act and take […]
Hey everyone! This week we’re going to be discussing “The Trenchcoat” by Norman Manea and let me just say personally I really liked the novella/short story. I liked the allegory and mystery of it all sort of like a murder mystery dinner party (my favourite plot line) but with no murder? It was interesting that […]
