Tobin Colm Intro (2 results)
More imagesHour of the Star
Lispector, Clarice; Tóbín, Colm (intro.); Moser, Benjamin (translator); Valente, Paulo Gurgel (reminiscence)
Published by New Directions, New York 2020
- Hardcover
Seller: Dark and Stormy Night Books, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.Dark and Stormy Night Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Fine. Centennial Edition. First Edition, fourth printing of the Centennial Edition. Hard cover, 16 mo, in printed paper covered boards with stars in gold, titles to the spine in gold. Without dust jacket, as issued. Gold colored end papers with reviews. vii- viv, 93pp. CONDITION: Fine, like new. ISBN 978-0…-8112-3004-9. Features a new translation, reminiscence by her son, and introduction by novelist Colm Tóbín. "Clarice Lispector"s final novel, initially published under the name "A hora da estrela" in her native Portuguese in 1977. A powerfully written and unfinished novelette by the Ukrainian transplant to Brazil, novelist and short story writer Clarice Lispector. (1920-1977.) As described by her admiring introductory writer Colm Tóbín, Lispector's unflinching originality was born of an "outsider" self-trained mentality, in which she rarely read, and therefore managed not to imitate others in syntax, style or substance. In this case, her valedictory novel's action takes the reader on a philosophical journey of the narrator, a man, who observes the main character, Macabéa, a simple impoverished, lonely office worker in Rio de Janeiro with little sympathy, sometimes impatience and always with an eye to his own interests. A fortune teller plays an important role in Macabéa's pursuit of a belatedly planned future in this striking piece of modern writing. ISBN 978-0-8112-3004-9. (AMJ). Book.
More imagesPublished by New York: Grove Press, 2006
- Hardcover
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, JapanOgawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 31.82
£ 31.17 shippingShips from Japan to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Grove Press edition. Grey cloth backed blue paper covered boards. xvi,478,(2)pp. Corners and fore edge of boards sl.bumped. Edges sl.stained. 23.5x15.7cm. (Murphy; Watt; Mercier and Camier). [f1239-171347].
