Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (English) Paperback Book
Clarice Lispector's audacious and haunting last novel, new to Penguin Modern ClassicsLiving in the slums of Rio and eking out a living as a typist, Macabea loves movies, Coca-Cola and her philandering rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly and unloved.