I am so excited for this week! I had actually already read this novel when I took a Latin American literature class with Jon last year and since then, I’ve basically forced a lot of my friends and family to read it. It’s one of my favourite books and I…
The Hour of the Star is not your ordinary novel but regardless, I didn’t mind reading it. No one in Macabéa’s life, including the writer of her story, was very kind to her. I kept forgetting that the author was supposedly in love with her because often he would say very mean things about her […]
Clarice Lispector you would have loved Greta Gerwig I’m so sorry if you didn’t like this book because I’m about to sing its praise. The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector is one of my favourite books so far in this class. For a book so short why did I almost cry at multiple […]
When I finished Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, I really tried to reflect on what I read. It was not what I was expecting at all. One trend I am noticing in the novels we have been reading is that almost all of these characters need therapy. I can’t say I necessarily dislike […]
“The Hour of the Star,” to use “Gen Z” terms is a book full of “yapping” but in my opinion good and insightful yapping. With a book of many titles Lispector gives a very unique experience to the reader as she writes about an author writing about a girl, named half way through the book, …
After reading “The Hour of the Star”, I thought a lot about life and death and it made me so uncomfortable. I found it difficult to understand the philosophical aspects of the book and may have tried too hard to find a deeper meaning to the story. My initial impression of the narrator, Rodrigo S. […]
Clarice Lispector’s book, “The Hour of the Star,” is truly fascinating. It is narrated in the first person by a male writer who tells the tragic story of Macabéa, a character he is currently writing about. However, my focus is on Macabéa. Her entire life is incredibly bleak – she lacks higher education and profound […]
I loved how unique this book felt. It was like a story within a story filled with such rich thoughts and complex characters. To me, it was more about the characters than the actual plot. The narrator is literally talking to us. explaining how the book will go. It is such an interesting start to […]
After finishing the book, I was left with the internal question of “What did I just read?” And then I looked up the author, and it started to make more sense. The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector is yet another book that dives into the themes of identity, the search for meaning, and […]
Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
