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The Besieged City (Penguin Modern Classics)

By Clarice Lispector

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The Besieged City (Penguin Modern Classics)

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'One of the hidden geniuses of the twentieth century' Colm Tóibín 'She suddenly leaned toward the mirror and sought the love­liest way to see herself' Lucrécia Neves is vain, unreflective, insolently superficial, almost mute. She may have no inner life at all. As she morphs from small-town girl to worldly wife of a rich man, and her small home town surrenders to the forces of progress, Lucrécia seeks perfection: to be an object, serene, smooth, beyond the burden of words or even thought itself. A book that obsessed its author, The Besieged City is unlike any other work in Lispector's canon: a story of transformation, of what it means to see and to be seen.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2019-08-01
Publication Date:
2019-08-01
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Languages:
Published: English, Original: Portuguese
ISBN10:
0241371376
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
172 g
Height:
19.8 cm
Width:
13 cm
Thickness:
1.3 cm
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