I can’t believe that I am writing the last blog post for this course. This course was something very different from the other courses that I have taken so far but honestly speaking I kind of liked the whole contract grading system as it gave us the freedom to choose the grades that we want […]
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‘Faces in the Crowd’ by Valeria Luiselli is a strange novel about a young Mexican woman living in New York who becomes obsessed with the Mexican poet Gilberto Owen’s life. This novel is something very different than what I have read before. To be honest, I did not like this novel because it was a […]
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This week’s novel is very different than any other novel as I never imagined that I would read a novel encircling the chronicles of ‘death.’ ‘Death with Interruptions’ is a novel about the first day of the new year when no one dies. Nobody in this world wants to die. so wouldn’t it be great […]
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‘Money to Burn’ by Ricardo Piglia is a thriller novel based on the true story of how a group of thieves robbed a bank in Argentina and managed to hide in the neighbouring Uruguay until they were caught by the military police. The novel revolves around a gang of men with each character portraying certain […]
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The novel ‘The Lover’ is an autobiographical account of a young girl’s affair with an old man. At first, I found this novel a little absurd as it is something different from what I have read before but then as I read further, it became a little clear as to what the author was trying […]
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The novel ‘The Hour of the Star is a bit different from all the other novels that I have read in this course so far or even the ones that I have read apart from this course. This novel brought out a mix of emotions for me as neither did I like nor dislike this […]
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The novel ‘The Time of the Doves’ by Merce Rodoreda, portrays the story of a young woman who was engaged to Pere at first but then it showcases how her life turned out to be when a man named Quimet asked her to dance with her at the Placa Del Diamant and told her that […]
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I found that the novel ‘Deep Rivers’ by Arguedas was a little intimidating to read as it being set in Peruvian Andes emphasizes on the social injustices faced by different races, cultures and customs; racial inequality, colonisation and feelings of discrimination and injustice. To be honest, I was also a little confused at the beginning […]
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After reading the novel ‘Agostino’, I felt a mix of emotions as, to be honest, I found this novel a bit strange and weird. The protagonist of the book, Agostino is portrayed as a rich yet innocent boy who does not yet know about the truths and fascinations associated with the real world until he […]
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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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