I mean, being from Ischia, I was already pretty biased towards loving My Brilliant Friend, but I really enjoyed this one. Though one of the longer books we’ve read in this course, I felt completely pulled into the story; it felt more like a book that I would normally choose to read for fun than […]
Posted in Blogs, Ferrante | Tagged with complex relationships, friendship, growth, identity
After reading Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli, I learned that identity is not something fixed, but something constantly shaped by memory, imagination, and the stories we tell ourselves. The author shows how the boundaries between past and present or reality and fiction can be confusing to people so easily they can overlap. The narrator shifting […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with identity, memories, Valeria Luiselli
With our narrator saying “It all began in another city and another life” makes me think of how many people grow up in a place that shapes them, and may end up moving away to a place that suits them better (p. 1). “…in that apartment, in that other city” (p. 5). Choosing an environment […]
Posted in Blogs, Luiselli | Tagged with depersonalization, fake, identity, reality
“And you – Are you really called Félix Ventura?” I think this is my favourite book so far! I didn’t expect to come across a book about a guy who sells identities to people all the way from their names to intricate details of their lives. Félix Ventura- the name itself reminds me of a […]
Posted in Agualusa, Blogs | Tagged with Book of chameleons, funny, gecko, identity, memory, RMST 202
The Book of Chameleons as a title makes me think about people changing their colours, and to my surprise reading the book was exactly that but with a focus on individuals actually focused on changing their entire identities and lives because of their past and the narrator being a gecko?! This immediately made me curious […]
Posted in Agualusa, Blogs | Tagged with identity, Storytellinn
Reading this was refreshing in a way ◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜ but still just as disorienting as some of the other books we’ve read (╥﹏╥) The short chapters made it really easy to keep reading and I ended up finishing it in one sitting, but with how much we jumped around/how dreamlike it felt, it definitely took a […]
I feel so confused 😔 I’m not entirely sure what just transpired in the book!! Something about identity I guess.It’s really interesting to think about how much Jose gets wrapped up in this lie. At times it felt like he truly became the identity that was…
Posted in Agualusa, Blogs | Tagged with identity, lies, Wealth
I feel so confused 😔 I’m not entirely sure what just transpired in the book!! Something about identity I guess.It’s really interesting to think about how much Jose gets wrapped up in this lie. At times it felt like he truly became the identity that was…
Posted in Agualusa, Blogs | Tagged with identity, lies, Wealth
Hi there, I’m back! For this week’s read “The book of Chameleons”, José Eduardo Agualusa creates an interesting take on identity, memory, and the nature of truth (which honestly should be pretty self explanatory with the name I guess). blending a built upon sense of identity with historical and political insight, Agualusa takes us […]
Posted in Agualusa, Blogs | Tagged with chameleon, confused, culture, identity, memory, reality
Oi blog!! Hope this past week was good :)) This week, I had the pleasure of reading The Book of Chameleons. When I first picked this book from the syllabus, a small part of my mind started the debate of “should I read this book in English or in Portuguese??” While you may think my answer […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Dreams, geckos, identity, memories, perspective, reality, relationships, The Book of Chameleons
