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Black Shack Alley’s Week

This week’s reading was one of the better reads I’ve had, where “Black Shack Alley” by Zobel is a story about figuring out who you are and where you fit in. The main character, José, goes on to understand himself and the world around him. Right from the start, José feels pressure to do well […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with education, growth, self-discovery, unequality

Alberto Moravia, Agostino

Alberto Moravia is an Italian author who wrote the novel “Agostino”, the book which was first published in 1942 and examines the difficulties of puberty and how cultural factors affect an individual’s perception of self. It centers around the journey of Agostino, the little kid who serves as the main character, as he grows up. […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with adolescence, Friendgroup, identity, self-discovery, transition

Nandja- An illustration of illustrations

“Of a more or less unfamiliar character, whose secret we feel might be learned merely by questioning ourselves closely enough.” That’s precisely how I felt as I was reading Nandja.  Nadja begins with the awful question of “who am I?” which sends the narrator into a spiral of self-doubt. It leads to the ideals of […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with André Breton, Blogs based on readings, illustrations, Imagination, nadja, self-discovery, Surrealism

The Time of the Doves Review

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

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