Modern / Latin American ยท Novel / stories
The Hour of the Star
by Clarice Lispector. A major work by Clarice Lispector exploring consciousness, language, identity; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
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- Date
- 1977
- Origin
- Brazil
- Genre
- Novel / stories
- Canon tier
- Expanded canon
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Author reading order
Where The Hour of the Star fits
Begin with The Hour of the Star. Its short, direct narrative offers the clearest entrance to Lispector's shifting narrators and ethical unease before the more inward and formally demanding novels.
Explore the Clarice Lispector starting guideWhy it matters
A major work by Clarice Lispector exploring consciousness, language, identity; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
This work is included on the basis of expanded / modern canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.