In regards to Mercè Rodoreda’s The Time of the Doves (La plaça del Diamant, 1962), I found the novel to be exciting, and I was engaged with the text throughout the entire reading. The novel is set somewhat before the Spanish Civil war and leads into the battle itself as the story progresses. The story […]
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This definitely wasn’t my favourite book that we’ve read probably do to the constant theme of cruelty and punishment that carries out during the novel. However with that being said I do think that this is a very important read because it further educates its readers about the tough and brutal realities of slavery and […]
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What surprised me most about reading Maria Luisa Bombal’s “The Shrouded Woman” was the absurdity of how the narrator’s every moment goes against her own expectations and there is something spiritual about the fact that the narrative is carried by a dead woman (The Shroud) as there is a feeling you get that nothing really […]
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