RMST 202

  • So this is Goodbye

    Hey everyone, welcome to my final blog post. It is a sad day. This course has been a fun experience, and it introduced me to a bunch of books that I probably wouldn’t have read otherwise. I liked the diversity in the book selection, and how there were a good few from lesser known authors,…

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  • My Brilliant Friend

    Hello everyone, welcome to the last book week of my blog. The book in question is My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. Interestingly, Elena Ferrante is merely a pseudonym as the author’s true identity is unknown. The real author is said to have grown up in Naples, and the intimate portrayal of the city in…

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  • Death with interruptions

    Hello all, welcome back to the blog. This weeks book, Death with Interruptions by José Saramago, covers the topic of death, as you probably already guessed from the name. Death with Interruptions was an enjoyable albeit sometimes frustrating read. The author’s allergy to quotation marks, for example, made certain sections quite difficult to understand on…

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  • Wish I had some money to burn

    Hello everyone, welcome back to the blog. The read for this week is Money to Burn by Roberto Piglia. I didn’t know much about this book going in (only that it was about a bank robbery of some sort) and was quite shocked by what I ended up reading. My shock greatened when I learned…

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  • The Trenchcoat

    Hello everyone, welcome back to the blog. This week’s book is the The Trenchcoat by Norman Manea. The story takes place in communist Romania close to the government’s collapse in a 1989. It revolves around two couples going to a dinner party hosted by old acquaintances, and the aftermath of this visit. While nothing really…

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  • The Hour of the Star by Rodrigo S.M by Clarice Lispector

    Hello Everyone, welcome back to the blog. The read for this week is The Hour of The Star by Clarice Lispector. It tells the tale of Macabéa, a woman from northeastern Brazil living in Rio de Janeiro. From any outside perspective Macabéa’s life is not an enviable one – she doesn’t have any real friends,…

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  • The Time of the Doves

    Hello all, welcome back to the blog. This weeks read is The Time of the Doves by Merce Rodoreda, which is one of the most prominent works of Catalan literature. The book chronicles the life of Natalia before, during and after the Spanish Civil War. It could be described as a story of the tragedies…

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  • (Leaving) Black Shack Alley

    Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. The book for this week is Black Sheep Alley by Joseph Zobel. The book tells the coming-of-age tale of the author José, a young boy growing up on the island of Martinique, an overseas region of france and former colony. I really enjoyed the read, and found it…

    Rowan

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  • Agostino – The Weird kid

    Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. The book for this week is Agostino by Alberto Moravia. I had the pleasure of reading an old and weathered copy from the public library which felt more appropriate compared to the PDFs of previous weeks. I enjoyed this this book and found it rather nostalgic, as it…

    Rowan

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  • The Shrouded Woman – Better Luck Next Life

    Where do we go after we die? I don’t know the answer to this question, but in The Shrouded Woman the narrator is sent into a limbo state between life and death, where her body is unable to move yet can still feel, and her consciousness is able to reflect on and come to terms…

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