The Hour of the Star (Second Edition) The Hour of the Star (Second Edition)

The Hour of the Star (Second Edition‪)‬

    • 3.8 • 12 Ratings
    • $9.99
    • $9.99

Publisher Description

A new edition of Clarice Lispector’s final masterpiece, now with a vivid introduction by Colm Tóibín.

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-Colas, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly, underfed, sickly and unloved. Rodrigo recoils from her wretchedness, and yet he cannot avoid the realization that for all her outward misery, Macabéa is inwardly free/She doesn't seem to know how unhappy she should be. Lispector employs her pathetic heroine against her urbane, empty narrator—edge of despair to edge of despair—and, working them like a pair of scissors, she cuts away the reader's preconceived notions about poverty, identity, love and the art of fiction. In her last book she takes readers close to the true mystery of life and leave us deep in Lispector territory indeed.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2011
October 24
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
128
Pages
PUBLISHER
New Directions
SELLER
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
SIZE
1.4
MB
The Charmed Wife The Charmed Wife
2021
Myths Myths
2013
The Ghost of Hannah Mendes The Ghost of Hannah Mendes
2001
Three Women in a Mirror Three Women in a Mirror
2013
The Little Village of Book Lovers The Little Village of Book Lovers
2023
The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen
2001
Água Viva Água Viva
2012
Near to the Wild Heart Near to the Wild Heart
2012
The Passion According to G.H. The Passion According to G.H.
2012
Complete Stories Complete Stories
2018
The Hour of the Star: 100th Anniversary Edition The Hour of the Star: 100th Anniversary Edition
2020
A Breath of Life A Breath of Life
2012
The Door The Door
2015
Tribal Leadership Revised Edition Tribal Leadership Revised Edition
2012
Hurricane Season Hurricane Season
2020
The Books of Jacob The Books of Jacob
2022
What Are You Going Through What Are You Going Through
2020
Housekeeping Housekeeping
2004