Hope everyone had a good reading break! Although this novel wasn’t one I’d prefer to read during the break due to it being emotionally draining and a little slow, it was still surprisingly a thought-provoking read due to the evolution of a young woman. At least for the books I signed up so far, I […]
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with doves, Natalia, Quimet, Spanish Civil War, women
Woah. The title made me think it would be like a nice romantic novel in Spain with roses and dancing, but it was in fact a not nice and not romantic book, which actually did include roses and dancing. Doves … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with doves, forgiveness, Holes, Quimet, sad, violence, war, yuck
Wow! This book was so heartwrenching but amazing! the character-building and descriptions were truly encapsulating. Natalia’s life was so beautifully captured, and I felt so immersed in the story. I’ll admit at the beginning I was not into the book that much because of Quimet and how much I disliked him. I was upset at […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Colometa, dovecote, family, motherhood, Quimet, Spain, Time of the Doves, war
The Time of the Doves by Mercé Rodoreda is definitely a heart-wrenching book, and challenging to read at times (well, I mean basically all of the time). There is little to be happy about in this book, and the times that are happy, you can probably count on two hands. Nevertheless, I think that the […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Catalan, class, development, doves, Femininity, gender, growth, merce Rodoreda, narrator, Natalia, Quimet, reflection, regret, rmst202, sadness, self-discovery, Spain, The Time of The Doves, war, Weekly Book Blog
Hey Everyone, I hope you all had a restful reading break. I spent the past week really taking my time to read The Time of the Doves by Mercè Rodoreda. This book has somehow taken the longest for me to read so far, possibly because I had the most time to read it. I found […]
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with doves, literature, Natalia, Quimet, romancestudies, romanceworld, romanticliterature, ubc
