A Hora Da Estrela [Paperback]

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Editora Rocco
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 853250812X
• ISBN-13: 978-8532508126
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,745,664 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars the cruel life of the internal migrant in Brazil, April 22, 2010

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This review is from: A Hora Da Estrela (Paperback)

This is one of Lispector's best books, and it gives you a deep sense of the life of one unfortunate woman, Macabéa. Macabéa is part of a huge migration in Brazil--of unemployed Northerners who try for a better life in the big cities of the Southeast. Macabéa embodies the ugliest, cruelest stereotypes that Brazilians hold about people from the North: she is unwashed, uneducated, unhealthy, and ugly. Macabéa tries to find her footing in São Paulo, but life is not kind to her.

This book reveals a lot of truth about Brazilian culture and about life in the big city. If you like A Hora da Estrela, consider A Maca no Escuro and A paixao segundo G.H: Romance (Portuguese Edition).