About this title: Clarice Lispector died of cancer at the age of fifty-six on 9th December 1977. "The Hour of the Star" was published that same year and acclaimed by the critics as 'a regional allegory' of extraordinary awareness and insight. Lispector herself defined "The Hour of the Star" as a book 'made without words...a mute photograph...a silence...a question'. The tale of Macabea can be read at different levels and lends itself to various interpretations. The book's subtle interplay of fiction and philosophy sums up Lispector's unique talent as a writer and her lasting influence on contemporary Brazilian ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Carcanet
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780856356261ISBN:0856356263
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780856359897ISBN:0856359890
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Paladin 1987
Date Published: 1987
Description: ISBN. Trade Paperback. Later Printing. Tight sound reading copy only due to browning to interior pages and heavy notations to text. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corpor
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780811211901ISBN:0811211908
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Edition: First British edition, first printing.
Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: Carcanet Press
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780856356261ISBN:0856356263
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"Interesting Brazilian read. I like the way she interposes her narrator with the bare-bones narrative itself. She dismantles a few notions about poverty and class in the process. A quick and introspective read."
"This book was assigned for a class on contemporary culture (focusing mostly on Brazil & Japan), but I didn't read it. I picked it up the other day and read all the way through in one day on buses as I ran errands across the city, eventually I had to stop and sit at a cafe to finish it."
"A história conta as desventuras de Macabéa, uma rapariga sonhadora e ingénua, recém-chegada de Alagoas, no sertão nordestino, ao Rio de Janeiro. Macabéa tinha uma vida simples e sem grandes emoções, ia ao cinema quando o patrão pagava o ordenado e divertia-se a ouvir a Rádio Relógio. Começa a namorar com Olímpico de Jesus, mas este ao ver com com ela não teria quaisquer hipóteses de ascensão social trocou-a por Glória, uma colega de escritório, cujo pai era talhante, o que sugeria ao ambicioso nordestino a possibilidade de melhorar a sua vida. Perante dores fortes, Macabéa vai ao médico e descobre que tem tuberculose, mas não conta a ninguém. Glória ao perceber a tristeza da colega, aconselha-a a visitar uma cartomante. Madame Carlota prevê um futuro feliz mas quando esta abandona a casa da cartomante, o seu aparente destino feliz trai-a. Neste livro, Clarice encarna um narrador que quer por força contar a história da jovem alagoana mas que ao mesmo tempo não consegue faze-lo por achar que a história de Macabéa não tem interesse. Em certas alturas, é um narrador egoísta, que passa mais tempo a falar de si e dos seus problemas do que propriamente a contar a história, tal como tinha prometido. Só perto do final do livro é que se entende porque razão este narrador tem dificuldade em contar a história. Embora ele seja cruel nos comentários que tece sobre Macabéa, identifica-se com ela, sente empatia. Este foi o ultimo dos três livros que escolhi de Clarice Lispector e de uma maneira geral, a escrita agradou-me, bem como os temas que a mesma aborda. É sem dúvida uma referência a juntar ao grupo de autores que quero continuar a conhecer num futuro próximo."
"Wow, couldn't put this book down for the whole week, it was really a fascinating company; commuting hopelessly into the city, jostled and cramped inside the tube...
A very thin volume, wouldn't be very long to reach the last page, but...Lispector created a truly haunting universe here. Short sentences, abrupt interruptions, though bordering on affected mannerisms still convey that senseless despair of being, especially since the masculine storyteller - a creation of the female author - often infiltrates the narrative, giving us unique glimpses on the struggle between him and his characters..."
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