This novel by Mercè Rodoreda is very unique to me. I had never read a novel with this perspective, with this context, with this voice. Its writing style was emotion-less, without a strong tone, things were expressed, including really difficult situations to swallow as simple descriptions. At first, I wondered why the author would choose […]
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Hi everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their reading week and is enjoying the sudden snow! Jumping into « The Time of the Doves » by Mercè Rodoreda was like being swept into a storm of emotions, history, and the vivid streets of Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. And, oh my god, I felt so much anger […]
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The book follows the life of a working-class woman named Natalia against the backdrop of World War II. Her relationship with her husband is at the center of the book. The novel reflects the traditional gender roles of the time, where women were expected to be caregivers and homemakers. We can find that in this […]
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The time of the doves is the read for week 7 and I have a lot of things to share with you guys! Definitely my favorite read of this course so far. Initially, reading it, I felt more irritated than anything while reading the first part of the novel. Nat…
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The time of the doves is the read for week 7 and I have a lot of things to share with you guys! Definitely my favorite read of this course so far. Initially, reading it, I felt more irritated than anything while reading the first part of the novel. Nat…
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with children, death, marriage, The Time of The Doves, war
Hi everyone:) I hope you all had an amazing reading break. I can’t believe we are almost at the halfway mark of the term; man, does time fly! So let’s talk about “The Time of the Doves” by Mercè Rodoreda. I had many thoughts while reading this book – the first one being, umm… are […]
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“Start tomorrow” (155). This was the moment that probably gave me the most emotional reaction or hit me the hardest. I was completely shocked when Natalia made the decision to kill herself and her children, and since there was still 50 pages left in the novel I was sincerely wondering how it was going to […]
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To be honest this book was not my favorite. The Time of the Doves by Mercè Rodoreda, in my opinion, was rather slow and I found it hard to connect with the characters. It was beautifully written, but I would normally not be inclined to read this on my own time. At first when I […]
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I remember expecting another coming-of-age story from “The Time of the Doves” (written by Mercè Rodoreda) when I first picked up the book, mostly because the last four (of five) books I read were all centered around this trope. So I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the novel focuses on something else entirely. […]
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Yet again another woman with a troubling life, by the social circumstances given by the men in her life. A book called “The Time of the Doves” by Mercè Rodoreda. The main character, Natalia starts off by working at a pastry shop and is persuaded by her friend Julieta to go to an event. That […]
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