I was really excited about reading this book and finished it in one sitting. I enjoyed it thoroughly. It takes the number one spot for me dethroning The Time of Doves. The Lover, a novel about exploration of identity with a hint of coming-of-age, will stay with me for a while. Let’s address the elephant […]
After finishing the book, I was left with the internal question of “What did I just read?” And then I looked up the author, and it started to make more sense. The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector is yet another book that dives into the themes of identity, the search for meaning, and […]
Hey everyone, whilst reading the novel and even after, it gave me a bitter, heartbroken feeling for Natalia. The novel follows Natalia from her as a working-class girl to her struggles as a wife and mother in a war-torn society. Through Natalia’s eyes, we witness the profound impact of war as she struggles with poverty, […]
I have been traveling to Barcelona last year. Despite the awe I was experiencing with the beautiful buildings — more specifically, Guell Park and La Sagrada Familia — I was fascinated with the fact that those small villages that we usually never pay attention to when we travel was surprisingly similar to the small town […]
“Start tomorrow” (155). This was the moment that probably gave me the most emotional reaction or hit me the hardest. I was completely shocked when Natalia made the decision to kill herself and her children, and since there was still 50 pages left in the novel I was sincerely wondering how it was going to […]
Hey folks, I’m back here to discuss this week’s book: The Time of the Doves by Merce Rodoreda. Overall, I have mixed feelings about the book. I found it easy to follow and liked how it showed some of the hardship and economic struggles of war. However, a couple of Natalia’s actions made it hard […]
Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
A conversation with Sonia Roncador
Mercè Rodoreda, The Time of the Doves
This book follows the hardships of those who were trapped by the French aristocracy and told they would be free, yet are still victims of poverty and oppression. Working in the sugar cane fields because it is their only source of income they are invisible to everybody else. I found this book extremely enlightening and […]
