Why is this book called the lover??? I mean I get ‘why’ but I definitely don’t like why. Every instance this man had with protagonist was just uncomfortable to the highest degree. Even if I tried to situate myself with context or go with the flow of the story, I wasn’t at ease reading any […]
Posted in Blogs, Duras | Tagged with class, money, relationships, reminiscing, RMST 202
I felt like a lot happened and did not happen in this book at the same time. Or maybe it felt that way because the imagined narrator kept interrupting his story to talk about philosophical musings, his fears about writing, and so many conflicting feelings. Funnily enough, I quite enjoyed his ramblings even when it […]
Posted in Blogs, Lispector | Tagged with RMST 202, sobbing rn, The hour of the star
Reading this book was a pain. Natalia’s stream of consciousness was worse than Proust- I think I enjoyed proust better. I swear there was like 20 pages of her just describing the bourgeois family’s house. I know the tiny details contribute to the setting and placing the reader, but the book was the slowest 200 […]
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with gender, loss, lowk psychotic breakdown, RMST 202, The Time of The Doves, war
Black shack alley was definitely a longer read than my previous book Agostino, however, even in its sadness, I felt like the pages took me on a long immersive journey. There was no dramatic twists or anything shocking that would make my eyes pop out or do a double take while reading the text. The […]
Posted in Blogs, Zobel | Tagged with black shack alley, Colonialism, RMST 202
Uncomfortable would be one way to describe how this book made me feel. Right off the bat, the taboo sexual undertones were impossible to ignore. Why do all roads lead to Freud??? The relationship between Agostino and his mother was especially confusing. One moment it felt like maternal concern, and the next I was questioning […]
Posted in Blogs, Moravia | Tagged with Agostino, Class division, Freud, Mommy Issues, RMST 202, teenagers are scary
