1- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
4/7/21, for class, for the second time
I enjoyed the writing more the second time I read this but hated the racism even more.
2 - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
5/6/21, for class
Maybe I didn't like / didn't get this because I haven't read Jane Eyre? How is one of the 100 best books of the century dependent on reading another book though?
3 - Passage to India by E. M. Forster
7/23/21, for class, for the second time
I read this for the first time after reading that Salman Rushie wrote Midnight's Children in response to this book. The first time I read it, I was like, okay, fine, some English dude's trip through India. The second time I read it, I was in a postcolonial literature course and realized how much colonial nonsense was in the book--mostly on purpose. In addition, there were deeper themes about the effects of colonialism and relationships. I actually liked this one more on my second read and look forward to reading Midnight's Children again to catch more nuance there.
