Hi again! I hope you are all doing well. This week, I read “The Shrouded Women.” I would say it has been my favourite out of the other books we have discussed. Maria Luisa Bombal does a great job of capturing the story and the emotions of the main character, Ana María. I especially found […]
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Maris Luisa Bombal’s “The Shrouded Woman” blurs the line between life and death as it starts off with the protagonist, Ana Maria, narrating her own funeral. It follows her reflecting about her memories, her relationships of friends, family and lovers w…
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Maris Luisa Bombal’s “The Shrouded Woman” blurs the line between life and death as it starts off with the protagonist, Ana Maria, narrating her own funeral. It follows her reflecting about her memories, her relationships of friends, family and lovers w…
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What may come across as a mysterious book, told from the perspective of a ghost, is a beautiful exploration of a woman’s life and her relationships told in a very interesting way. The Shrouded Woman by Maria-Luisa Bombal is a modernist text that seeks to push the boundaries of what a novel is and who […]
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Hi everyone! This week we all read “The Shrouded Woman” written by Luisa Maria Bombal. I found this novel difficult and slow to start and understand but it was a very interesting read. It is written from a very obscure perspective in which Ana Maria, the main character, is in a sort of purgatory. […]
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“The Shrouded Woman” by Maria Luisa Bombal is a beautiful and somewhat tragic unfolding of Ana Maria’s life. The concept of this book is that Ana Maria is now dead and being prepared for her sending off from this life. Since Ana Maria is dead, she is now finally revisiting her entire life and delving […]
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It was refreshing to read a book that discusses many experiences and struggles that women face from a female author’s perspective, especially after reading “Nadja” by Andre Breton who talks about a woman’s suffering from his male point of view. I started this reading with the expectation that it would retaliate against Breton’s questionable perspective […]
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At first, I found the story of the shrouded woman a bit confusing as I couldn’t figure out what exactly was going on in the book. But, when I read further, it started becoming clear that the story is about a woman who is, narrating her own life experiences with her family members and friends […]
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“The Shrouded Woman” by María Luisa Bombal, follows a woman named Ana-Maria takes over the book with how she is the symbol of femininity and, in today’s world, is pleasing to the “male gaze.” It definitely may not be intentional, but she does end up being a vocation for three men. As seen in this […]
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Marcel Proust’s “Combrary” is focused on the memories and nostalgia of Marcel’s childhood. While reading this text I felt like I was lost at times in finding the connection behind his ideas. As he starts with describing his sleeping difficulties it’s almost like he goes in and out of these trances of sleeping and waking intertwined with disclosures of these memories. This back and forth of the past and present was unique although hard to follow at times. One thing I liked about this book was the emphasized importance of…read more
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