Maris Luisa Bombal’s “The Shrouded Woman” blurs the line between life and death as it starts off with the protagonist, Ana Maria, narrating her own funeral. It follows her reflecting about her memories, her relationships of friends, family and lovers w…
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Maris Luisa Bombal’s “The Shrouded Woman” blurs the line between life and death as it starts off with the protagonist, Ana Maria, narrating her own funeral. It follows her reflecting about her memories, her relationships of friends, family and lovers w…
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What may come across as a mysterious book, told from the perspective of a ghost, is a beautiful exploration of a woman’s life and her relationships told in a very interesting way. The Shrouded Woman by Maria-Luisa Bombal is a modernist text that seeks to push the boundaries of what a novel is and who […]
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As I write this, I’m listening to “She’s a Mystery to Me” by Roy Orbison, and in some way, I think the lyrics of this song relate to the musings expressed in “The Shrouded Woman” and talked about in the lecture – that in this novel, there is something about the female characters that cannot […]
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Where do we go after we die? I don’t know the answer to this question, but in The Shrouded Woman the narrator is sent into a limbo state between life and death, where her body is unable to move yet can still feel, and her consciousness is able to reflect on and come to terms […]
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Bombal’s novel dives into the realm of death by weaving memories into an intricate story of life. This story ultimately is a testament to who Ana was, her phases of life, and how they all fit into a greater force than ourselves. The Shrouded Woma…
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Bombal’s novel dives into the realm of death by weaving memories into an intricate story of life. This story ultimately is a testament to who Ana was, her phases of life, and how they all fit into a greater force than ourselves. The Shrouded Woma…
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Hi everyone! This week we all read “The Shrouded Woman” written by Luisa Maria Bombal. I found this novel difficult and slow to start and understand but it was a very interesting read. It is written from a very obscure perspective in which Ana Maria, the main character, is in a sort of purgatory. […]
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Maria Luisa Bombal’s “The Shrouded Woman” revolves around the life of Ana María, a woman from an aristocratic Chilean family. The novel is structured around Ana María’s funeral, where she narrates her story from within the coffin, providing insight into her thoughts, emotions, and experiences. While Ana María is physically dead, her soul and awareness […]
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‘The Shrouded Woman’ by María Luisa Bombal was a very unique and interesting read for me since it is done in a style that I’ve never seen in a book, where the main character starts off dead and tells the story of her past experiences and memories of different things and people. One interesting thing […]
