This one reminded me of my best friend Rachel. (warning: this is a trauma dump) In “My Brilliant Friend”‘, Ferrante illustrates class, gender and language through the friendship of two little girls as we progress to see them turn into adolescent women. Since Jon had already discussed the societal problems in this book, I would …
Daniel’s slides on My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend
Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
Hey everyone! I’m super excited to talk about this week’s reading “Deep Rivers” by Jose Maria Arguedas. The novel dives into the Peruvian Andean culture and surrounds the story of Ernesto, who is a young boy torn between two worlds. Ernesto’s upbringing is a blend of his indigenous Quechua traditions and Western education as he […]
This book was long. Yet so immersive and so interesting, with its integrated Quechuan words with their translations at the footnote. I found the usage of these untranslated words helped me understand and visualize the culture the author has tried to portray. In addition to the descriptions of towns, the churches, the bell ringing, lighting […]
Françoise Sagan, Bonjour Tristesse
Joseph Zobel, Black Shack Alley
Roberto Arlt, Mad Toy
Hi to everyone in RMST 202!! My name is Maia Dueck (she/her). I’m currently in 2nd year general arts, with interests in creative writing, english, and history. My hope is to be an author (specifically for the YA genre) and to be involved with script writing/film production. I am always down to talk about books […]
