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Hour of the Star

byClarice Lispector

Genres: Historical fiction

Who is this book for? Readers interested in character-driven narratives that explore deep social themes.

Topics PovertyIdentityLove

MoodMelancholic

Female protagonist

RomanceMinor Subplot

Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a living as a typist, Macabea loves movies, Coca-Cola and her philandering rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly and unloved. Yet telling her story is the narrator Rodrigo S.M., who tries to direct Macabea's fate but comes to realize that, for all her outward misery, she is inwardly free. Slyly subverting ideas of poverty, identity, love and the art of writing itself, Clarice Lispector's audacious last novel is a haunting portrayal of innocence in a bad world.

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Published on

28/04/2015

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Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141392035

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