valeriesolanas rated Hour of the Star: 5 stars
Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser, Clarice Lispector
The devastating final work by Brazil’s greatest modern writer, The Hour of the Star tells the haunting tale of Macabéa—a …
The one star is for the illustrations, which are not bad. Peterson has no ear for poetry, and there is generally no reason for this book to exist. This is a clunker of a cash grab, a difficult read due entirely to the elementary level of writing. Thankfully it is also extremely quick: you can read the whole thing in minutes, put the book down, and then never make the mistake of buying the fucking thing.
