The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

The Hour of the Star

Clarice Lispector with Benjamin Moser (Translator)

105 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

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Clarice Lispector’s best-selling masterpiece—“her finest book” (The Nation)—now in a special hardcover edition to celebrate the centenary of her birth, with an illuminating new afterword by her son The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector’s consumm...

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Community Reviews

4.03
based on 6,145 reviews

Moods

reflective: 76%

sad: 48%

dark: 46%

emotional: 40%

challenging: 39%

funny: 17%

mysterious: 17%

tense: 9%

inspiring: 8%

hopeful: 5%

adventurous: 3%

lighthearted: 3%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

27% of readers chose fast
43% of readers chose medium
29% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose Plot
10% of readers chose A mix
84% of readers chose Character
3% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

17% of readers chose Yes
46% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

27% of readers chose Yes
46% of readers chose Complicated
23% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

29% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose Complicated
48% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

74% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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