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 I enjoyed my reading of Captain Pantoja! As intended, I found the plot comedic, and the content a bit more exciting than some of the other literature we’ve looked at. With that said though, past books have occasionally introduced an equal amount ... read full post >>

 I enjoyed my reading of Captain Pantoja! As intended, I found the plot comedic, and the content a bit more exciting than some of the other literature we’ve looked at. With that said though, past books have occasionally introduced an equal amount ... read full post >>

Clarice Lispector’s, The Hour of the Star, is a captivating story about the ultimate fate and existential crisis of a 19-year-old young woman named Macabea. Macabea moves from the countryside to Rio de Janeiro, and lives in a tenant room in the slums of Rio. The novel takes us through her life – a life […] read full post >>

This was an interesting book. When I was choosing which books to read, the synopsis of this one seemed intriguing and it ended up being exactly that. The way the book was written was quite interesting, the comedic dialogue had an underlying layer of seriousness that made the overall book, satirical. The character of Pantoja […] read full post >>

This week’s book, despite being short, was very powerful and so far one of my favorite novels in this course. “The Hour of the Star” by Clarice Lispector narrates the story of Macabea, a poor, uneducated girl from northeastern Brazil who moves to Rio de Janeiro. The novel follows Macabea’s process of adapting to life […] read full post >>

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector is by far one of my favorite reads of the class so far. It was chilling and deeply moving, and had a very intense effect when read in one sitting. Macabéa, the subject of Rodrigo’s narration, lives a life of great external suffering yet even greater internal freedom. […] read full post >>

I am blown away by this novel. I don’t even know how to articulate just how much I loved it and exactly why it lingers with me still, but I’ll give it my best shot. There is so much I could talk about, but for the sake of word count, I’ll limit myself to two […] read full post >>

What a book! I really enjoyed this novel – I love narratives that are a bit out-of-the-box so I liked the way the story revolved more so around characters than any kind of a dialogue, and how there was a dichotomy between Macabea and the writer or ‘creator’. I haven’t watched the lecture yet, but […] read full post >>

Right from the start, I enjoyed this book. Not only because it was one of the shorter ones, but we... read full post >>

This book was one that initially confused me but then really drew me in, and I may go as far as saying it was the most captivating book I’ve read so far in the class! I think my captivation with this novel stems from its truly ‘weird’ manner of presentation – it’s at once a […] read full post >>