BROKE MY BRAIN. Let me start off by saying that I didn’t dislike like the novel…I was merely confused by it and tended to get lost at times when I was trying to follow along with the storyline. Also, before I begin an “analysis” of this book I have to mention that I didn’t enjoy the […]
Posted in Blogs, Luiselli | Tagged with loneliness, reality, supernatural, uneasiness
Hey guys! For this week, I read The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector. The story revolves around Macabéa, a poor and uneducated young woman from northeastern Brazil who moves to Rio de Janeiro for a better life. Macabéa works as a typist and lives simply without luxuries or meaningful relationships. However, while I […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Clarice Lispector, death, existence, hope, identity, loneliness, morality, poverty
Despite being relatively short, I think “Agostino” does a great job of encapsulating the confusing transition from childhood innocence to adolescence. I found this book to be much easier reading not only length wise, but content (words) wise as well. Agostino spends his summer days closely attached to his widowed mother. However, his identity and […]
Posted in Blogs, Moravia | Tagged with coming of age, growing up, loneliness, Youth and Rebellion
For me, “The Shrouded Woman” by María Luisa Bombal was an unexpected and intriguing journey. The speaker’s position of this book makes it very fascinating– it’s narrated by a woman on her deathbed. A Unique Narrative Style Bombal’s choice of narrator is striking. The protagonist, Ana María, is caught in a sort of limbo – […]
Posted in Blogs, Bombal | Tagged with introspection, life and death, loneliness, love
Hey Everyone! I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did. I found this novel an easier read and more interesting than Proust. I liked that I could read about femininity and how the story focuses on the lively women’s perspectives rather …
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Ana Maria, Femininity, jealousy, loneliness, love, Maria's beauty, quotes, short life
Hey Everyone! I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did. I found this novel an easier read and more interesting than Proust. I liked that I could read about femininity and how the story focuses on the lively women’s perspectives rather …
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Ana Maria, Femininity, jealousy, loneliness, love, Maria's beauty, quotes, short life
“The Shrouded Woman” is definitely my favourite book so far. I absolutely love the way it was written. In her death, Ana Maria showed us her life through her memories. Out of all the characters Ana Maria interacted with, I was most struck by Maria Griselda. How Maria explained that her beauty was a curse, […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with death, Femininity, frustration, jealousy, life, loneliness, love, woman
“Combray” by Marcel Proust is easily a book that can be understood and interpreted in many ways. First I will begin by saying that I did not enjoy the writing structure of novel, the long and extreme descriptive writing made it hard to follow the narrative at some points. In the first part alone, many […]
Posted in Blogs, Proust | Tagged with depression, loneliness, love, mother
Marcel Proust’s ‘Combray’ begins with a descriptive nature of his sleeping habits. To be honest, such a detailed description of his sleeping habits heightened my curiosity to read the novel and find out what happens further. The way the author describes his paternal home ‘Combray’ is just beautiful. I, as a reader, could feel that […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with childhood, loneliness
