last post!

For my supplementary text I read Voss by Patrick White. Even though I didn’t find it completely relatable, I thought it was a good book and appropriate for the class. I liked the perspective that it gave of being a “foreigner” in another country. Being in Voss’s mind through half of the book was certainly an interesting perspective and gave good insight to being an “adventurer”. He also had some very stereotypical German quirks that I feel like we could smile about. I also liked the story line of the expedition and how the team dealt with situations and with each other. However, I felt that the love story was drawn out and kind of painful to follow. That half of the book with Lauren at home was kind of irrelevant to our study abroad.

Overall, I’d say keep the book. I don’t have an alternative suggestion. It’s a good fiction option from the list.

Thanks, everyone, for a fantastic 3.5 months. It would not have been the same without you!

-Maria