Fever Dream is definitely up there among one of my favourite novels we’ve read this term. I don’t think it was necessarily my absolute favourite, but it’s up there. And don’t get me wrong, it’s horrible, the whole premise of it is. But I think it’s a v…
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Fever Dream is definitely up there among one of my favourite novels we’ve read this term. I don’t think it was necessarily my absolute favourite, but it’s up there. And don’t get me wrong, it’s horrible, the whole premise of it is. But I think it’s a v…
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin was haunting to say the very least. I read the entire book in one sitting – less out of choice, and more out of an inability to ever comfortably set it down and step away. From the very start, the reader is invaded with anxieties and disorientation. We are placed in […]
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Hi everyone! I am so shocked that our last week is here! I hope that everyone has had a really good term and wishing you all the best of luck on any exams or papers that you guys have left! This week I chose to read “Fever Dream” by Samanta Schwe…
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Hi everyone! I am so shocked that our last week is here! I hope that everyone has had a really good term and wishing you all the best of luck on any exams or papers that you guys have left! This week I chose to read “Fever Dream” by Samanta Schwe…
Our literary finale for this course, Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin is a contemporary story; and as befits a recent reading, the author carries a prescient message which often appears to transcend time. The narrative revolves around the use of pesticides in Argentinian crops: a poison which, in its driving of the story, […]
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Hi all, This week I discuss Fever Dream. I focus on the style of writing, the narrator’s perspective, a reflection on her memories, the absence of chapters, and also the content of the book itself. Question: What was some content of the story that you took away from this? Why do you think this book …
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My final reading of this class, despite the confusion and blurriness that defines this nightmare of a story, would have been my favorite reading of the semester. Perhaps not because of its amazing complexity or influence on the field, which we have see…
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My final reading of this class, despite the confusion and blurriness that defines this nightmare of a story, would have been my favorite reading of the semester. Perhaps not because of its amazing complexity or influence on the field, which we have see…
Huh? This book lost me. It wasn’t as bad as Borges but I still felt lost and confused. I mean I think I understood the overall concept of the book but the little details here and there just confused me. I don’t know if I like or dislike this book, for me it’s just there, like […]
