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Macabea loves films, cocacola, and her awful boyfriend. Acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories, she was also a journalist. The hour of the star by clarice lispector, paperback barnes. My hour of the star as told in paragraphs with clarices titles. Series editor benjamin moser, who contributes afterwords for all four of these new translations, is the. A clip from the film adaptation of clarice lispector s book the hour of the star. The first edition of the novel was published in 1977, and was written by clarice lispector.
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