Hey hey hey!!! I hope everyone had a great weekend 🙂 And if you celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day, I hope you survived! HAHA. I LOVE it when we have required readings because I get to read everyone’s unique and different perspectives on the same book. It’s really interesting to see how everyone processes something in […]
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Even though I’m not a huge fan of action and thriller novels, out of all the books we’ve read, I thought this one was the easiest to understand. Piglia toys with the lines separating fact from fiction in this book, utilizing actual occurrences as a springboard for more in-depth subjects. The story interacts with Argentine literary […]
Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with books, crime, fiction, Justice, literature, psychological, society, week10
‘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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No genuinely why is everyone, man or woman taking it up the ass. Money to Burn by Piglia is a book that I honestly did not like until they got to the shoot out/ when they were stuck in flat number 9. Then the book became clear to me about what it was attempting to …
Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with crime, Deviance, Justice, Law, money, Outlaws, sexuality, society, violence
Hey everyone. This week has been a real struggle for me. Even though March is coming to an end, I still have two midterms looming over me. Why does it feel like midterm season never ends? 🙁 Anyway, let’s talk about the book. As a big thriller fan, I was eager to dive into “Money … Continue reading Money to Burn: The Morally Gray (Mar 18)
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Hello everyone. Welcome back to this week’s book. This week we delved into Ricardo Piglia’s Money to Burn. It’s safe to say this was definitely my least favourite book. The jump from reading books about childhood, romance, and death, to violence was weird, but honestly the change was good. This novel tells the story of […]
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After finishing the book, I was left with the internal question of “What did I just read?” And then I looked up the author, and it started to make more sense. The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector is yet another book that dives into the themes of identity, the search for meaning, and […]
Posted in Blogs, Lispector | Tagged with Brazil, Clarice Lispector, existence, identity, Macabea, Personal Growth, Philsophy, poverty, Roast, romance, society, women
Deep Rivers by José María Arguedas gives a violent and ugly depiction of life while at the same immersing you in the beauty of the world and the natural world. The author spends significant time creating a detailed depiction of the vivid Peruvian…
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Deep Rivers by José María Arguedas gives a violent and ugly depiction of life while at the same immersing you in the beauty of the world and the natural world. The author spends significant time creating a detailed depiction of the vivid Peruvian…
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with death, identity, Peru, society
Hey everyone, I hope you had a good weekend and enjoyed this week’s reading, “The Shrouded Woman” by Maria Luisa Bombal. This novel tackles the captivating and intricate life narrative of Ana Maria, a woman whose existence extends beyond death as…
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