Podcast: Frankenstein and “The Daisy Dolls”
Discussion with Jon Beasley-Murray and Kevin McNeilly
Hernandez and Borges
. Regarding Borges and Daisy Dolls, I thought that his and Hernandez’ works were equally entertaining. First though, I would say that Daisy Dolls was definitely a rather odd piece. The concept was no doubt intriguing, but I do think … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Arlt, Borges and Hernandez
Alright, since there were quite a few stories to read on this week, I’ll go over some of my select favorites from each author (Borges being the only one with multiple…). The Cooked Cat: This stood out as a very weird, fragmented story to me. The nature of the characters are sadistic, and the writing […]
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Arlt, Borges and Hernandez
After reading Kafka’s short story I wasn’t expecting to like these short stories as much I did. The story about the cooked cat was one of the weirdest stories I have ever read – it seemed to be about nothing … Continue reading →
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Borges, Hernandez, & Arlt
Amongst the well-known works of Borges, I’m glad we got the chance to read “The Cooked Cat” and “The Daisy Dolls”. These two were definitely my favorite, and probably rank within the top five of the whole Arts One reading … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Roberto Arlt, Jorge Luis Borges, Felisberto Hernández, Selected Stories
Video of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme
Cats, Dolls and Borges
We discussed briefly last week that a characteristic of short stories may be that they leave you with more questions at the end than you had at the start. I’d say that’s about accurate. All of these stories made me … Continue reading →
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Borges, Cooked Cat, and Daisy Dolls
I’m writing this with a headache, so bear with me. Borges is a very good writer. He knows how to do short stories, and I enjoyed almost every assigned reading within this book as well as some that weren’t assigned. The downfall to his very cohesive and structured style, however, is that it gets predictable […]
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The Daisy Dolls
While I disliked the Borges readings (it’s true, Jon), I did like reading “The Daisy Dolls.” My initial impression of the story was that it was another feminist story, where women are depicted as daisy dolls to be used for … Continue reading →
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Felisberto Hernández- K, What?
Metamorphosis, The Yellow Wallpaper and now Daisy Dolls. What do all these have in common? They are messed up stories that confuse and alienate their readers. As someone very close to me would say, “dafuq?” Pardon me if my reading of the story may seem blurred, but I finished it a couple weeks back in […]
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