Blogs based on readings

Nandja- An illustration of illustrations

“Of a more or less unfamiliar character, whose secret we feel might be learned merely by questioning ourselves closely enough.” That’s precisely how I felt as I was reading Nandja.  Nadja begins with the awful question of “who am I?” which sends the narrator into a spiral of self-doubt. It leads to the ideals of […]

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Proust: A time machine with no destination

When I initially started reading the book, my first thoughts were of uncertainty.  I deduced that the narrator was attempting to sleep but got drawn into a wormhole of memories, resulting in a sense of nostalgia coupled with anger over lost time (especially the loss of his mother’s goodnight kiss).  However, this work may be […]

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