Short and Satisfying Book Club "The Hour of the Star" by Clarice Lispector

117 S. Pineapple Ave.,Sarasota FL 34236

12 April, 2023

Description

The Short and Satisfying Book Club is for those looking for a shorter read that is ripe for discussion. April’s selection is The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector’s final masterpiece. We will meet in person at our store at The Mark, 117 S. Pineapple Ave. The book club is $13 which includes a copy of The Hour of the Star to be picked up at Bookstore1 any time before our meeting.About The Hour of the Star: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 narrator—edge of despair to edge of despair—and, 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. About the author:Clarice Lispector (1920-1977), the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century, has been called "astounding" (Rachel Kushner), "a penetrating genius" (Donna Seaman, Booklist), and "one of the twentieth century's most mysterious writers" (Orhan Pamuk). ............................................................................................................... All signed up and unable to go? Please let us know! Seating is limited and there may be people on our waitlist who would like to take your place. Please send an email to [email protected] ASAP and hopefully we'll see you next time. Click here to go to the Bookstore1Sarasota website.