• What’s for tea time? Maite Alberdi’s intimate storytelling

    What’s for tea time? Maite Alberdi’s intimate storytelling

    What’s the essence of good storytelling? Academically speaking it’s a combination of plot, characters, conflict, and resolutions. However, a certain Chilean documentarist would say that there has to be a soul linked to the intimate, profound observations one can catch in the everydayness of often overlooked subjects. Maite Alberdi Maite Alberdi is a film director,…

  • A Voice from Beyond: Women, Society, and Magical Realism in “The Shrouded Woman”

    A Voice from Beyond: Women, Society, and Magical Realism in “The Shrouded Woman”

    Claude Monet, Camille Monet on her deathbed, 1879 The Shrouded Woman is a novel by Chilean author María Luisa Bombal, first published in 1938. This classic work exemplifies the genre of magical realism, which blends fantastical elements with a realistic narrative, creating a dreamlike yet grounded portrayal of events. In magical realism, the extraordinary is…