Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (English) Paperback Book

Description: Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Clarice Lispectors audacious and haunting last novel, new to Penguin Modern ClassicsLiving 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 Macabeas 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 Lispectors audacious last novel is a haunting portrayal of innocence in a bad world. Author Biography Clarice Lispector (Author)Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian novelist and short-story writer. Her innovation in fiction brought her international renown. She was born in the Ukraine in 1920, but in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Civil War, the family fled to Romania and eventually Brazil. She published her first novel, Near to the Wildheart, in 1943, when she was just twenty-three, and the next year was awarded the Gra a Aranha Prize for the best first novel. She died in 1977, shortly after the publication of her final novel, The Hour of the Star.Benjamin Moser (Translator)Benjamin Moser is the author of Why This World- A Biography of Clarice Lispector, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His work bringing Clarice Lispector to international prominence was recognized with Brazils State Prize for Cultural Diplomacy. His most recent book, Sontag- Her Life, won the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Utrecht, in the central Netherlands. Review Her last and perhaps greatest novel -- Barbara Mujica * Americas *Her finest book * The Nation *Her searing last novel ... mesmerizing * Vogue * Review Text Her last and perhaps greatest novel Review Quote "Her last and perhaps greatest novel." --Barbara Mujica, Americas Promotional "Headline" Clarice Lispectors audacious and haunting last novel, new to Penguin Modern Classics Details ISBN0141392037 Author Benjamin Moser ISBN-10 0141392037 ISBN-13 9780141392035 Media Book Pages 96 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher Penguin Books Ltd DEWEY 869.342 Series Penguin Modern Classics Translated from Portuguese Imprint Penguin Classics Language English Format Paperback UK Release Date 2014-02-06 Translator Benjamin Moser Illustrator Steven Cummings Edited by Gnon Baba Birth 1969 Affiliation Raj Kumar Goel Institue of Technology, UP,India Position Former senior instructor and associate head, English (deceased) Qualifications MD MPA Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-02-06 Alternative 9780241600573 Audience General NZ Release Date 2014-03-11 AU Release Date 2014-03-11 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:76779138;

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