Deep Rivers by José María Arguedas gives a violent and ugly depiction of life while at the same immersing you in the beauty of the world and the natural world. The author spends significant time creating a detailed depiction of the vivid Peruvian…
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Bombal’s The Shrouded Woman is my third book of this course. It is almost February, time really does fly. Anyway. Prof said last week that The Shrouded Woman might be a response to Breton’s Nadja. I can see why he said that. Surrealism wants to unleash the unconcious mind; modernism challenges readers to approach from a different perspective (a […]
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Usually they say that one’s life flashes before their eyes right before they pass on. I thoroughly enjoyed experiencing Ana Maria life through Bombal’s unique storytelling structure. Although Ana has passed and can no longer interact with the world as a living being, A Shrouded Woman is filled with interactions and connections through the her … Continue reading Thoughts on A Shrouded Woman
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In “The Shrouded Woman” by María Luisa Bombal, Ana Maria looks back on the people in her life after her death. I found this book slower and more difficult to get through compared to “Mad Toy” but I enjoyed Bombal’s poetic style of writing.The recurring…
In “The Shrouded Woman” by María Luisa Bombal, Ana Maria looks back on the people in her life after her death. I found this book slower and more difficult to get through compared to “Mad Toy” but I enjoyed Bombal’s poetic style of writing.The recurring…
Week 4’s reading is The Shrouded Women by María Luisa Bombal, a story told in first person by narrator Ana Maria. She switches from reflecting on and recounting her life, to the present looking at her dead body, and seeing the people from through…
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Week 4’s reading is The Shrouded Women by María Luisa Bombal, a story told in first person by narrator Ana Maria. She switches from reflecting on and recounting her life, to the present looking at her dead body, and seeing the people from through…
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Wow. This was definitely a refreshing change from Breton and his not-so-nice narrator last week. Although both touched on misogyny in one way or another, at least this time it was from the experience of a real woman. To some, that may be more upsetting, but to me, it’s moving. Whether fictional or not, the […]
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Hi everyone! This weeks reading was “The Shrouded Woman” by Maria Luisa Bombal. I found this reading to be more enjoyable compared to other books we have read so it has definitely become one of my favourite books I have had as an assigned re…
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Hi everyone! This weeks reading was “The Shrouded Woman” by Maria Luisa Bombal. I found this reading to be more enjoyable compared to other books we have read so it has definitely become one of my favourite books I have had as an assigned re…
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