This book was interesting. The writing is quite poetic; A couple of my favourite lines are, “A prayer that was swallowed up in the dark night of unnoticed things” (88) and the idea of being “silent with grief, though bursting with questions” (98). De La Parra wrote, “like poets, we discovered secret affinities and mysterious […]
When reading Teresa de la Parra’s “Mama Blanca’s Memoirs” I was struck by its overwhelming theme of memory, and how remembering far away details through a youthful lens (as Blanca’s memories are of childhood) can completely transform the way we remember the truth. More specifically, I was really moved by how the story toys with […]
Sorry for the late submission – I got a bit lost on the course website. My name is Owen Chernikhowsky and I’m an anthropology major with a minor in music. It’s hard to say which year I’m in exactly, but I started university at UVic in 2018, switched to UBC anthropology in 2020, and expect […]
Teresa de la Parra, Mama Blanca’s Memoirs
Questions about Mama Blanca’s Memoirs
De la Parra videos
Amulet, to me, was a simple read. It did not feel as though the story was as hard to follow as some others we have read this term. Just like many other novellas we’ve read, the story focused a lot on the past and reflection of important moments of the narrators life, primary being locked […]
