Lispector\u2019s first novel, the plot is about uma mulher chamada (a woman named) Joana and her recollections from her inf\u00e2ncia (childhood) to her adulthood. The unconventional narrative about memory takes us through different stages in her life, from her school days as a girl to her failed casamento (marriage). As the protagonist looks back on her life, she compares her experiences, contrasting past and present.<\/p>\n
A Paix\u00e3o Segundo G.H. (Passion According to G.H.) \u2013 1964<\/strong><\/p>\n Marked by a stream-of-consciousness style, Passion According to G.H.<\/em> narrates the story of a famous and prosperous Rio de Janeiro-based sculptress, identified only by her initials. She entra (goes into) her maid\u2019s vacant room para limpar (to clean it up), spots uma barata (a cockroach) and crushes it in a nervous fit, after which she starts facing an identity crisis. Both repelled and absorbed by the sight of the oozing insect, the incident leads to a spiritual experience that culminates in a shockingly disturbing twist no final (in the end), one the book\u2019s most memorable scenes.<\/p>\n A Hora da Estrela (Hour of the Star) – 1977<\/strong><\/p>\n Widely regarded as her one of her greatest novels, Hour of the Star<\/em> centers on the misfortunes of Macab\u00e9a, an uneducated, simple-minded and mild-tempered typewriter who migrates from the Northeast of Brazil to Rio (located in the more urban and cosmopolitan Southeast). Penniless, romantic and innocent, the heroine leads a simple life as a movie-lover and an avid Coca-Cola drinker. After the end of her relationship with her despicable boyfriend and being diagnosed with tuberculosis, she decides to visit a fortune teller, which provides a revealing moment in the story. The novel has been adapted into a motion picture in 1985.<\/p>\n![\"cora\u00e7\u00e3o](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/cora\u00e7\u00e3o-selvagem.png\")
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