Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I feel as though I’ve said this about every book I read so far, but I hope that it does not come off as disingenuous when I say that this was an intriguing read. Tragically, the Spanish Civil …
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I feel as though I’ve said this about every book I read so far, but I hope that it does not come off as disingenuous when I say that this was an intriguing read. Tragically, the Spanish Civil …
This book has been quite a good read, in the beginning i thought it would be straightforward story about the Spanish civil war (which is knew nothing of). Not only does the book tell us about what happened during war, but it also shows us how difficult it is to know what happened in the […]
Javier Cercas, Soldiers of Salamis
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. The journey back to the cottage after last week’s adventures (featuring Calvino) has not been without its bumps and mishaps–I nearly wrote about the wrong book because I misread the schedule, and was a …
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. The journey back to the cottage after last week’s adventures (featuring Calvino) has not been without its bumps and mishaps–I nearly wrote about the wrong book because I misread the schedule, and was a …
Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli depicts a woman living in Mexico City with her husband and children, writing a novel about a woman living in New York City. It is not clear whether this story is the past life of the writer, or if these memories are just fictitious creations. Just like the […]
The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa. I really enjoyed reading this week’s novel; I honestly feel like the books get more easier to read the more we go further into the course, and I’m not sure if it’s just me learning how to ‘read’ books or if the books get more digestible as […]
The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa is beautiful and unique to read. The book was also very dreamy and it seemed like I didn’t know what was true and what was a lie or dream throughout the book. We follow the gecko’s point of view back and forth between reality, dreams, and the […]
“Félix Ventura. Guarantee your children a better past.” (Agualusa, 16) In José Eduardo Agualusa’s “The Book of Chameleons,” reality is not a fixed entity but a malleable construct, subject to manipulation and reinterpretation. At the heart of this captivating narrative lies Félix Ventura, a peculiar character who deals in an extraordinary commodity: he crafts pasts […]
