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 […]
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. […]
Boy this read was a dramatic one but one I did enjoy even if I got quite confused. Despite my confusion due to the back and forth between many characters in Ana Maria’s life I found this book profoundly deep, seeing glimpses of her life through the interactions she has with other people. I believe …
Bombal’s “The Shrouded Woman” presents a complex perspective on love. Written from the perspective of a deceased woman, Ana María takes on a variety of roles to unfold her memories and complicated relationships around her. Being a wife whose marriage is disastrous and lifeless, a mother whose children all encounter troubles of their own, and […]
The Shrouded Woman by María Luisa Bombal was an interesting look into the end of someone’s life, well more specifically reflection after death. The novel included very intriguing relationships, which I found to be the most interesting part of the novel. I thought the way in which the novel was written, as a form of […]
Reading ‘The Shrouded Woman’ by María Luisa Bombal felt like watching a reality TV show. I felt like I was watching the Real Housewives: the first loves, first wives, unhappy marriages… all felt like a TV plot and I loved it! But for such a packed story, the novel is so short. Even Ana Maria […]
It was refreshing to read a book that discusses many experiences and struggles that women face from a female author’s perspective, especially after reading “Nadja” by Andre Breton who talks about a woman’s suffering from his male point of view. I started this reading with the expectation that it would retaliate against Breton’s questionable perspective […]
María Luisa Bombal’s novel, “The Shrouded Woman,” explores deep-seated themes surrounding desire, fulfillment, and the inescapable reality of death. The novel intricately intertwines the life of its protagonist, Ana María, with layers of unresolved yearning and profound existential contemplation. Throughout “The Shrouded Woman,” Bombal navigates the complexities of human emotions, with a particular focus on […]
The Shrouded Woman is centered around the perspective of a dead woman, who, though dead, still sees and hears her family and friends who come to her coffin, which plunges the woman into memories of her time spent with these people. The memories triggered by the sequential appearance of her daughter, her old nanny, her […]
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