When I was contemplating which books to choose between earlier this semester I was conflicted between this one and Papi. Ultimately, I made my choice somewhat vacuously based on name. More precisely, the difference in name between the Spanish and English version of the text listed on the UBC Library website. The English My Tender Matador sounds […]
This week’s novel felt like perhaps the most personal we have read so far this term. It is about a girl and her father, among a litany of other children, and a bunch of other people who see him as a sort of father figure. While reading it, I thou…
This week’s novel felt like perhaps the most personal we have read so far this term. It is about a girl and her father, among a litany of other children, and a bunch of other people who see him as a sort of father figure. While reading it, I thou…
Well, this week’s reading was certainly interesting. Most of the time I felt as if I was questioning whether or not the unnamed narrator was dreaming or not, and by the end, I was wondering if Jesus could have been some sort of first-century version of Tony Soprano or Avon Barksdale. Dr.Beasley-Murray aptly described the […]
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 …
Class discussion about Braschi
Rita Indiana, Papi
