Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I’m breaking the fourth wall again for these last two blog posts—this one on Love Me Tender and the upcoming Conclusions post. I think it lets me say a little more than when I’m playing at the wood…
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I’m breaking the fourth wall again for these last two blog posts—this one on Love Me Tender and the upcoming Conclusions post. I think it lets me say a little more than when I’m playing at the wood…
“If you were able to tame a lion, then your husband, a mere man, does not exceed your powers” (pg. 115) This was the story told to newly wed brides, to reassure that one does not need love potions to “tame” their husband if they can “tame a lion”. First of all, the fact that […]
I think this is my favourite book of the entire term. The flow of the writing and the structure of the chapters and bigger sections made this a very easy read for me. I liked how descriptive Debre was, especially in talking about the characters. I think I said in one of my blogs that maybe I don’t like French…
I actually quite liked this novel and I think it has a lot of things to unpack! For some reason, it was one of the reads that really got me comfy (I’m talking about a cup of tea, snuggled into bed, the whole combo). Gradually over the course, I think I made time to read […]
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I don’t think I’ve felt this confused about a novel since Combray. Truly, opening the book to two full pages of a spiderweb of characters was daunting, to say the least. It reminded me of the time I atte…
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I don’t think I’ve felt this confused about a novel since Combray. Truly, opening the book to two full pages of a spiderweb of characters was daunting, to say the least. It reminded me of the time I atte…
Wow. I think we can all agree that My Brilliant Friend had quite the brilliant end. If someone wrote a 100-hundred-page thesis on the significance of Marcello wearing the shoes laboured over by Lila that Stefano bought, I would read it front to back. In a way, I feel like I already did by reading […]
A conversation with Ann Goldstein
Oi blog!! Hope this past week was good :)) This week, I had the pleasure of reading The Book of Chameleons. When I first picked this book from the syllabus, a small part of my mind started the debate of “should I read this book in English or in Portuguese??” While you may think my answer […]
