Mercè Rodoreda’s “Time of the Doves” is a whirlwind of a novel surrounding the life of a woman. This young women goes through a journey and this novel follows her through first person narrative and shows what is going on in her head. Starting out Natalia is an ordinary girl who falls in love with […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with doves, naive, suicide, Time of the Doves, war
I found this week’s book “The Time of The Doves” by Merce Rodoreda to be very clearly and literally written which made it easy to follow. Although told in first person, I felt that that the writting, because written so literally, lacked emotion that is usually shown through the character. As a potential result of […]
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with depression, marriage, Natalia, suicide, war
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good weekend, as well as a nice start to your week:) I know we’ve had a little bumpy start to the new term. It has been a bit hectic lately with the snow days and transit strike, but hopefully, we can soon get back into our normal […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with betrayal, identity, mental health, Roberto Artl, suicide, theft, Week 3
To begin, I did not mind reading Roberto Artl’s “Mad Toy”. I did not love it, but I did not dislike it. I enjoyed the structure of the writing as it was clear, and the desriptions were explained in a strong way, but did not run on like with Proust’s writing. In my eyes, this […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with father, opportunity, silvio, suicide, theft
While I enjoyed this novel and found myself reading it quite quickly, I found the narrator, Cecile, to be highly unlikeable. Cecile’s undesirable attitude is prevalent from the beginning of the novel when she shamelessly describes how her pleasure is solely derived from money and other material items. She goes so far as to say […]
Posted in Blogs, Sagan | Tagged with manipulation, Selfish, suicide
