The Hour of the Star: 100th Anniversary Edition - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser (Translator), Paulo Gurgel Valente (Afterword by)Publish date:2020-10-06Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811230049ISBN-10:081123004XUPC:9780811230049Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Hispanic & Latino, Literary, WomenSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCC5RWBPWZ
The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life's unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn...
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811230049ISBN-10:081123004XUPC:9780811230049Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Hispanic & Latino, Literary, WomenSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCC5RWBPWZ
Lispector, Clarice: - Clarice Lispector (1920-1977), the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century, has been called "astounding" (Rachel Kushner), "a penetrating genius" (Donna Seaman, Booklist), and "one of the twentieth century's most mysterious writers" (Orhan Pamuk).Moser, Benjamin: - Benjamin Moser, the author of Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector, is the editor of...
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