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The hour of the star / Clarice Lispector ; translated from the Portuguese by Benjamin Moser ; introduction by Colm Tóibín.
- Title
- The hour of the star / Clarice Lispector ; translated from the Portuguese by Benjamin Moser ; introduction by Colm Tóibín.
- Author
- Lispector, Clarice
- Publication
- New York : New Directions, 2011.
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- Description
- xiv, 81 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- 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 writing.
- Series Statement
- New Directions paperbook ; 1212
- Uniform Title
- Hora da estrela. English
- New Directions paperbook 1212.
- Alternative Title
- Hora da estrela.
- Subject
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Fiction
- Genre/Form
- Psychological fiction
- Fiction
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A passion for the void / Colm Tóibín -- Dedication by the author (actually Clarice Lispector) -- The hour of the star -- Translator's afterword / Benjamin Moser.
- ISBN
- 9780811219495 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- 0811219496 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2011025482
- OCLC
- 733755465
- SCSB-11627963
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library