This week we were tasked with reading the Soldier of Salamis; I don’t mean to sound harsh, but I just did not enjoy this book. It is a book that disinterested me, was too long, and was kind of confusing at times. I hate to be like this, and will try my best to write […]
Posted in Blogs, Bolaño, Cercas | Tagged with Civil war, memory, narrator, Relationship, repetition, soldier of salamis, Spain, true or false, truth, Weekly Book Blog, writing
I’m not sure if it was just the version of the novel that I had, but certain parts of the story resembled poetry to me. Not only with how it was written, but how it was visually represented on the pages. With some sentences cutting short and then finishing them in subsequent lines that have […]
Posted in Blogs, Fuentes | Tagged with Civil war, death, death wish, existential, Poetry, relationships, Romance text, unknown, war, Weekly Response
This was an incredible book that, in my opinion, successfully portrays the unique impacts of war – specifically the Spanish civil war – on people and how they proceed with their lives following periods of vast conflict. Andrea’s family members have very distinct personalities that I believe have been heavily influenced by the atrocities they’ve […]
Posted in Blogs, Laforet | Tagged with Civil war, Restless, Struggles
