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The Hour of the Star by  Clarice Lispector

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

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In the ravishing new translation by Benjamin Moser, Clarice Lispector’s The Hour of the Star—“her finest book” (The Nation)—is narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S. M., who tells the story of Macabéa, one of life’s unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and barely scraping by as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, hot dogs, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she wishes to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is underfed, unattractive, 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 our preconceived notions (about poverty, identity, and love) to get at the true mystery of life.

 

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). General editor of the new translations of Clarice Lispector's complete works at New Directions,BENJAMIN MOSER is the author of Why This World: The Biography of Clarice Lispector, and Sontag: Her Life and Work, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. His new book, The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters, will be published in October. Paulo Gurgel Valente was born in Washington, DC, in 1953, while his father was stationed in the Brazilian embassy. He has published books on economics and finance."

9780811237536
Paperback , Trade
English
General Trade
Oct 03, 2023
Print Run: 5000
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