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RMST 202 Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern
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Week11: The Book of Chameleons

Hi, everyone. Welcome to the week 11 blog. The cherry blossoms in UBC are in bloom. I wonder if you have gone to see them, they are really beautiful. I took a lot of photos! OK, Back to the book. This week I read “The Book of Chameleons” whic…

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Week11: The Book of Chameleons

Hi, everyone. Welcome to the week 11 blog. The cherry blossoms in UBC are in bloom. I wonder if you have gone to see them, they are really beautiful. I took a lot of photos! OK, Back to the book. This week I read “The Book of Chameleons” whic…

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José Eduardo Agualusa, “The Book of Chameleons”

Jose Eduardo Agualusa’s novel, “The Book of Chameleons,” is an imaginative novel that explores the themes of identity and memory through the lens of a gecko living in the house of Felix Ventura. The gecko undergoes life with feelings and thoughts adjacent to those of humans, capable of processing human behaviours and interactions. This made […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with chameleon, death, fiction, friendship, human, identity, life, literature, memory, past

Week10: Money to burn

Hi, everyone. Welcome to my week 10 blog! The weather is really nice this week, but my mood is not as good as the weather because I have two midterm exams this week. . . But even though I had a lot of things to do, I still found time to read this …

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Week10: Money to burn

Hi, everyone. Welcome to my week 10 blog! The weather is really nice this week, but my mood is not as good as the weather because I have two midterm exams this week. . . But even though I had a lot of things to do, I still found time to read this …

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with crime, human, Justice

blog#7 – a woman and her Cockroach —

blog#7 – a woman and her Cockroach — Reading The Passion According to G.H. was one of the closest moments that I felt like I was reading a well-composed transcript of my own thoughts. The way the Clarice Lispector seamlessly yet abruptly changes from concept to concept is mind-bogglingly impressive – all the while articulating […]

Posted in Blogs, Lispector | Tagged with 4th wall, agency, anxiety, Brazil, cockroach, death, divinity, existence, human, life, maid, monologue, neutral, Rio, The Passion According to G. H, time, Womanhood

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