Author | Clarice Lispector |
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Original title | A Hora da Estrela |
Translator | Giovanni Pontiero Benjamin Moser (2011) |
Language | Portuguese |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | José Olympio Editora |
Publication date | 1977 |
Publication place | Brazil |
Published in English | 1992 and 2011 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 86 |
ISBN | 978-0-8112-1949-5 |
OCLC | 24246408 |
869.3 20 | |
LC Class | PQ9697.L585 H6713 1992 |
Preceded by | Onde estivestes de noite (Where Were You At Night) |
Followed by | Um sopro de vida (pulsações) (A Breath of Life (pulsations)) |
The Hour of the Star (A hora da estrela) is a novel by Clarice Lispector published in 1977, shortly before the author's death. In 1985, the novel was adapted by Suzana Amaral into a film of the same name, which won the Silver Bear for Best Actress in the 36th Berlin International Film Festival of 1986.[1] It has been translated into English twice by New Directions Publishing with Giovanni Pontiero's 1992 translation followed by Benjamin Moser's version in 2011.[2]