“If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler” by Italo Calvino is definitely a unique novel that I have mixed feelings about. From the very first section of the novel, it was interesting that the story unfolded in a second-person point of view, addressing the reader as “you”. This initially made me more interested in continuing […]
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I’m confused… I’m always confused but I think I’m genuinely lost this time… I think I enjoyed this one… again, I am confused so I’m not sure… I found the narration really interesting, but a bit hard to follow! I felt like I was sitting beside someone who just kept talking and talking and spiralling … Continue reading ??? star
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When reading If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, my strongest impression was that I was constantly moving between different universes. The transitions were sudden and unexpected, almost like shifting through dreams. Each time I became fully immersed in a story, it would abruptly stop and another novel would begin. The experience felt like going […]
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HELLOOOOOO… So, I finished The Time of the Doves (even tho I was in a whole other country), and honestly, I’m still trying to figure out how a book can be both incredibly simple and emotionally chaotic at the same time. Half the time I felt like I was eavesdropping on someone mumbling to themselves […]
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I enjoyed reading this week’s book by Merce Rodoreda thoroughly. The protagonist, Natalia is challenged constantly throughout this book right from the beginning when she is almost forcefully scooped up into a relationship with Quimet, who in my opinion is one of the most unpleasant characters as of yet, right behind Saro the paedo from […]
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“The Time of the Doves” by Mercè Rodoreda was a longer piece of literature compared to the previous readings in this course. Interestingly enough, it did not feel as if it was much longer, as I felt immersed in the story, and the author’s style of writing felt smooth for me. The overall impression I […]
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Reading this book was pretty different from what I expected out of a wartime novel! It focussed a lot more on the daily, domestic aspects of Natalia and those around her, so much so that I almost forgot about the war until the book reminded me halfway through（´∇｀”）I was also growing increasingly frustrated with Quimet, […]
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Quimet couldn’t have died fast enough. What an absolutely despicable good for nothing worthless man! While this novel was an easy read on the brain and for my understanding, it was also difficult to read because it was akin to watching a trainwreck in slow motion. I could tell where their relationship was going, and […]
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I actually really liked The Time of the Doves, and it has probably been the easiest book for me to read so far. Not because it is light, because it definitely is not, but because the writing flows so naturally. It feels like someone is sitting across from you telling you their life story in […]
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War and poverty has sucked the life out of these people. Even Cintet “…said how sad he was that peaceful, happy people like us had gotten mixed up in a piece of history like that” (pg. 63). Even as Natalia goes about her life without the passionate revolutionary feelings that Quimet possesses, war impacts her […]
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