Creators: Liked 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. Rodrigo recoils from her wretchedness, and yet he cannot avoid the realization that for all her outward misery, Macabéa is inwardly free/She doesn't seem to know how unhappy she should be. Lispector employs her pathetic heroine against her urbane, empty narratoredge of despair to edge of despairand, working them like a pair of scissors, she cuts away the reader's preconceived notions about poverty, identity, love and the art of fiction. In her last book she takes readers close to the true mystery of life and leave us deep in Lispector territory indeed.
LovedIt is a very short novel about a young woman in Brazil, but we're seeing her life from the perspective of a male narrator who is observing her and there's just like lots of clever things going on with perspective. It's really interesting book, well worth your time.
LovedBut, like I said, it's so transfixing and her use of images and of metaphor is so scalpel-sharp, amplifying out into, you know, the outer reaches of your imagination.
LikedI liked Hour of the Star.
Likedwhich one do I like more I actually don't know I feel like it was hour of the star but I think if I read the again it might be agav viiva
LovedAnd I enjoyed it, I highly recommend it, especially if you're someone like I want to get intomore classic translated works.This is this is a stunning one.
Lovedguys i absolutely loved it was humorous it was tragic i need to read it a few more times before i feel like i would be able to adequately describe to you what took place
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