First things first, this book was strangely comforting to read. I enjoyed how the Rodoreda’s writing was smooth and simple just a description of Camila’s day to day life, raw and human, I guess it just felt relaxing the way it was so familiar. Now onto the actual story, the progression from seeing the relationship […]
Time of the Doves follows the life of Natalia, an ordinary working-class woman in Barcelona whose personal story unfolds alongside the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. The novel traces her journey from a passive young girl at a festival to her journey through motherhood and marriage, and finally to a widow struggling to survive […]
Constance Debré, Love Me Tender
Roberto Bolaño, Amulet
Hi everyone, this week I read “Faces in the Crowd” by Valeria Luiselli for my final book of the course. This book might be my least favourite this semester. That’s not to say I hated it, but I missed a lot of what the story was trying to convey between…
Hi everyone, this week I read “Faces in the Crowd” by Valeria Luiselli for my final book of the course. This book might be my least favourite this semester. That’s not to say I hated it, but I missed a lot of what the story was trying to convey between…
This book was a bit of a shock to me. First I want to say I’m actually a fan of Luiselli. I’ve already read “Tell Me How it Ends” and “The Lost Children Archive” and loved them. However, this book was a big miss for me. I didn’t get what was goin…
This book was a bit of a shock to me. First I want to say I’m actually a fan of Luiselli. I’ve already read “Tell Me How it Ends” and “The Lost Children Archive” and loved them. However, this book was a big miss for me. I didn’t get what was goin…
Luiselli’s novel navigates the trials and tribulations of keeping her creativity alive while performing her motherly duties. She also explores just how blurred the lines between reality and imagination can become when one becomes obsessed with the…
Luiselli’s novel navigates the trials and tribulations of keeping her creativity alive while performing her motherly duties. She also explores just how blurred the lines between reality and imagination can become when one becomes obsessed with the…
