The Hour of the Star
by Clarice Lispector
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyglossyenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosionsocial commentaryhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA small-scale, original novel: emotional and serious. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life's unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Colas, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly, underfed, sickly and unloved.
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- Author
- Clarice Lispector
- Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 96
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