This book reminded me of Paris Peasant by Louis Aragon in the way that it felt like an existential crisis and it definitely left me wondering what was going on at some points. While I am not sure what the author’s intentions were behind this book, there appeared to be some references that had me […]
Posted in Blogs, Lispector | Tagged with Brazil, capitalism, hell, poverty
Out of all of the books we’ve read, I’ve never felt so emotionally connected towards a character as I do for Natalia. I feel pity for Natalia; her life was by no means perfect, even before the Spanish civil war reached its peak. Her first-husband, Quimet, was a detestable man who degraded her and abused […]
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with dove, hope, manipulation, poverty, starvation, war
After reading Black Shack Alley, I really enjoyed this novel. I have read stories with similar themes like colonialism, supremacy, and poverty, but nothing like how the main character reconciles with these themes. At the beginning of the book, the main character is almost sort of naive to the idea of his grandparents and the […]
Posted in Blogs, Zobel | Tagged with Colonialism, influential, josé, juxtaposition, Martinique, narrator, poverty, protection, reality, Relationship
Joseph Zobel’s Black Shack Alley tells a story about life in Martinique from the point of view of a black boy named Jose. Even though the novel stresses his process of personal growth throughout, it generates broader implications of contextual consideration in various aspects in terms of literary analysis. It is vital to consider the […]
Posted in Blogs, Zobel | Tagged with poverty
