Reading The Impatient made me very sad. In the first half of the book, I was extremely angry, but then somewhere around the middle, I, like Hindou, succumbed to immense sadness. I’m sad their society caters to men. I’m sad Ramla’s choice was ripped away from her. I’m sad Hindou couldn’t escape in peace. I’m sad […]
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It’s here! The last blog post of the semester! Thank you, dear reader, for reading all of my little blog posts. I hope you enjoyed my analysis and shared some similar thoughts, or thought differently about sections after reading my thoughts. I am honestly going to miss this blog, it was very fun to design […]
Posted in Blogs, Conclusion | Tagged with book, book-blog, books, class, girlhood, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller, love, memory, misogyny, Money to Burn, My brilliant friend, narrative, novel, reading, the end, Time of the Doves
Hello everyone and welcome back! This week’s novel had the exciting premise of a bank robbery gone wrong (ooooh ahhhh). Ricardo Piglia’s factual/fictional retelling of a bank robbery in Buenos Aires, Money to Burn started off so strong. I enjoyed the action-packed narrative interspersed with the backstories of the different characters. As the novel progressed, […]
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