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Week IX – All That Over a Damn Coat

I am just going to go ahead and preemptively apologize because I know you are probably tired of reading this when it comes to blogs about The Trenchcoat by Norman Manea, but I’m confused. I wish I wasn’t, but I am; along with a little dissatisfied. This book had me almost as scrambled as the […]

Posted in Blogs, Manea | Tagged with blog, life, paranoia, politics, war

Fair enough for Duras actually

Hey Everyone! This week’s book is “The Lover” by Marguerite Duras. This book was an interesting read because it was very strange yet it kept me wanting to read more. It felt like one of those forbidden reads where I wanted to see if the nameless 2…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with abuse, children, death, desire, first love, life, sex, The Lover

Fair enough for Duras actually

Hey Everyone! This week’s book is “The Lover” by Marguerite Duras. This book was an interesting read because it was very strange yet it kept me wanting to read more. It felt like one of those forbidden reads where I wanted to see if the nameless 2…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with abuse, children, death, desire, first love, life, sex, The Lover

The Hour of the Star: REST IN POWER MACABEA

Is a girl not allowed to like Coke in peace??? Is a girl not allowed to have some blood on her underwear??? Why did she have to die???? As much as the plot and writing of this book pained me to read, I actually enjoyed it a lot this week, and that is not because […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with bloodonunderwear<3, death, Feminism, life

Week VIII – Na verdade

Here we are, week 8. Wow, wow, wow. For this week, I chose to read The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (who, I can’t lie, has a sick-sounding) and, if I’m very honest, I’m not sure if I have that much to say about it. Maybe I still have a very juvenile taste, […]

Posted in Blogs, Lispector | Tagged with blog, death, life, poverty

girl was lost half the time – the hour of the star

The hour of the star is a novel I struggled reading. This blog is probably going to be confusing and all over the place, but I am just going to write my thoughts on specific scenes rather than the novel itself. First off, the narration threw me for a loop because I thought I was […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with choosing, cold, life, The hour of the star

Touché; You are a nice storyteller, Italo Calvino — Thoughts on [If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller]

“I’m beginning to read Italo Calvino’s new novel!” (3) If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller was definitely a novel with a different story structure. It started with a man suggesting a perfect posture to read a book, and started the story. However, the story suddenly cut off — literally, cut off — as the […]

Posted in Blogs, Calvino | Tagged with life, reading, story

Week8: The Hour of the Star

Hi, everyone. Welcome to my week 8’s blog. I read the book “The Hour of the Star” this week and have many thoughts to share with you. This book is written by Clarice Lispector. This book was written shortly before her death. Although it …

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with life, Relationship, woman

Week8: The Hour of the Star

Hi, everyone. Welcome to my week 8’s blog. I read the book “The Hour of the Star” this week and have many thoughts to share with you. This book is written by Clarice Lispector. This book was written shortly before her death. Although it …

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with life, Relationship, woman

someone needs to SUE that fortuneteller becauseeeee……

Hey everyone! I just finished reading “The Hour of the Star” by Clarice Lispector which was a great read that explored many different themes we have discussed previously in class. The story revolves around Macabea, a young woman from northeastern Brazil, whose life is explained through the eyes of the narrator, Rodrigo S.M.  This format […]

Posted in Blogs, Lispector | Tagged with class, desire, Dreams, framing, gender, history, life, narration, sexism

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