This book has been quite a good read, in the beginning i thought it would be straightforward story about the Spanish civil war (which is knew nothing of). Not only does the book tell us about what happened during war, but it also shows us how difficult it is to know what happened in the […]
Posted in Blogs, Cercas | Tagged with confusion, history, memory, Salamis, truth
I felt too dumb for this book, like I completely and entirely missed the point, confused and certain I was missing something, that I should be able to wade through the language and symbols to find the underlying meaning much better than I was actually able to. The use of names in this book confused […]
Posted in Blogs, Manea | Tagged with ambiguity, confusion, political climate, repetition
Currently writing this blog on the skytrain back after spending 70 dollars on legos💔😿 I lowkey got clickbaited by the title, it sounded really beautiful. After finishing this reading I can say that this book by far …
Posted in Blogs, Calvino | Tagged with confusion, frustration, if-on-a-winter's-night-a-traveler
Currently writing this blog on the skytrain back after spending 70 dollars on legos💔😿 I lowkey got clickbaited by the title, it sounded really beautiful. After finishing this reading I can say that this book by far …
Posted in Blogs, Calvino | Tagged with confusion, frustration, if-on-a-winter's-night-a-traveler
This book gave me the biggest headache ever, but in a good way. I think. Multiple times throughout the book I thought to myself, either I’m an idiot or the author was on crack when she wrote this. It genuinely felt like I read 10 books in one sitting. The first half of this book […]
Posted in Blogs, Luiselli | Tagged with confusion, ghost, headache, motherhood
This book was less short and nice this week 🙁 “Money to Burn” was a bit of a hard read for me as I usually don’t enjoy reading action books. I am a bit stupid in the sense that I like seeing action type stories in video form (such as movies) more… But my personal […]
Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with confusion, embellishment, gangs, sex, truth
‘The Trenchcoat’ by Norman Manae, a part of the collection “Compulsory Happiness,” is set in Bucharest during the stirring history of the haunting truths of Romania’s last years under communist rule. At first, I thought the novel was one of the most peculiar, vague pieces of literature I had ever read. I do not think […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with communism, confusion, raincoat, The Trenchcoat, time
I hated this book. Hated it. I-I don’t even know how to describe my hatred for this book, there are no words to describe my feelings. If I could I would just end my blog post here because this pretty much sums up how I feel, but per the blog post requirements I shall continue. I truly […]
Posted in Blogs, Calvino | Tagged with confusion, frustration, non-existent endings, what
Im sure you can tell from the title that much like the other people in this course, I did not enjoy the writing style of this book. But before I jump into ranting about it, I’ll talk about some more interesting aspects of the book first. The flow and focus of this books features a […]
Posted in Blogs, Proust | Tagged with childhood, confusion, framing, perspective, windows
Held at Gun Point to finish this book(s?) ~ If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino
As I am seated here at my desk, I do not entirely know how to collect my thoughts to discuss this novel eloquently. Initially, when deciding on books for my contract, Calvino caught my eye because I had heard one of his previous stories. Of course, it was batshit insane (sorry for my language), but […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Annoyance, confusion, Italo Calvino, Sorry about my unhinged comments, Winter’s Night a Traveller