The Hour of the Star

Name: The Hour of the Star
Author: Clarice Lispector

by Clarice Lispector

Brazilian novella of poor typist's mortality and human despair in urban São Paulo

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Clarice Lispector

Ukrainian-Brazilian writer whose novels and stories transformed Brazilian literature with their phenomenological intensity and mystical introspection. The Passion According to G.H. is her masterpiece, a terrifying account of a woman's encounter with a cockroach and with the void. She has become a cult figure worldwide.

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