Hello, it’s Nathan. I’m back again to give my thoughts on this week’s book, The Shrouded Woman by Maria Luisa Bombal. In short, I did not enjoy reading it. I found it confusing and hard to follow at times. There also was not much action throughout it, aside from a short section where Alberto, Maria […]
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“the day burns hours, minutes, seconds” (177) Similar to the “day,” I found that this book seemed to burn hours, minutes, and seconds of my time whenever I went to pick it up. Each time I just couldn’t put it down! When comparing this piece to Combray and Nadja, the three are almost not even […]
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The Shrouded Woman is a unique exponent of the avant-garde movement, a movement in which avant-garde artists promoted their progressive and radical politics whilst advocating for societal reform with and through their works of art. Bombal’s novel is framed as an exploration of life and death that also sets the stage for her socio-political statement. Bombal’s “shrouded […]
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I really really enjoyed this reading. I think it’s my favourite so far. I loved how much information was packed into the 60 pages, and how much we learned about the shrouded woman, Ana Maria’s life. The more I read, the more I realized it wasn’t just about the life of Ana Maria but was […]
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I have not gotten lost in a book for a long time and this novel gave me just that feeling…
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This was my favorite book so far! I could finally understand the text and read it for joy, rather than for an assignment! I found Shrouded Woman brought me on a journey. It felt like I was there for each visitor, and each memory she relived while laying dead. This fictional novel felt as though […]
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