Hey everyone, I hope you had a good weekend and enjoyed this week’s reading, “The Shrouded Woman” by Maria Luisa Bombal. This novel tackles the captivating and intricate life narrative of Ana Maria, a woman whose existence extends beyond death as…
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Hey everyone, I hope you had a good weekend and enjoyed this week’s reading, “The Shrouded Woman” by Maria Luisa Bombal. This novel tackles the captivating and intricate life narrative of Ana Maria, a woman whose existence extends beyond death as…
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with desires, love, Magic Realism, Maria bombal, society
Throughout the past few months, this course felt like an endless seesaw ride, bouncing against different – yet similar – themes and cultures. In the beginning of the course, I questioned what “Romance Studies” was, or rather, what it could have meant. However, right from the introductory lecture, I realized I won’t be able to […]
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“All she, and Bolaño, can do is ensure that the echoes of their song, the traces of that generosity and courage, endure as both promise and warning.” This statement from Professor Beasley-Murray, for me, was a very precise one-sentence summary of the meaning behind Roberto Bolaño’s Amulet. Indeed, this story seems to be the living […]
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