29/09/2023

The Hour of the Star - Clarice Lispector 💫

The Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector is the queen of the novella. In The Hour of the Star we follow the writer Rodrigo S.M. who imagines a girl: Macabea. Macabea is a poor, uneducated girl who longs for fame, direction and recognition, but she has to make do with her fragile fantasies and cans of soda. Ultimately, the writer might grant her a form of star status.

Through tender references to the everyday, and a comic satirical look at emerging pop culture, Lispector knows how to immerse you in the wonderful existence of Macabea and her writer.

✷ Genre: modern literature, novella, metafiction

✷ Themes: identity, poverty, existentialism

✷ Recommended? Yes! If you're looking for a tale about a character who is both tragic and hilarious, both disgusting and stunning.