What an interesting read! Indiana’s imaginative prose is colourful and inimitable; I sailed through this novel. Something that really stood out to me is the grief palpable throughout the narrative; it is as if the young narrator is mourning her Papi’s death before she even learns of it, creating these elaborate scenarios of a life […]
I really enjoyed this week’s reading by Indiana, and I definitely agree with what Dr. Beasely-Murray said last week: that all the troublesome prose is officially behind us now! For such a short novel, I was surprised at the breadth of topics and places that Indiana writes about throughout Acilde’s life. It was interesting to […]
Hi all, This week I discuss Papi, mainly focusing on psychological projection, fantasy, what is real, and the role of dullness in life. Question: Is there a marked ‘truth’ to this story? Where does fact stop and fiction begin? Or rather, how should we read this book – as a fantasy-driven metaphor about a child’s …
Rita Indiana, Papi
A conversation with Arturo Victoriano
Questions about Papi
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