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The Apple in the Dark
A Literary Fiction Novel by Clarice Lispector
Subgenres:
- Psychological Fiction,
- Philosophical Fiction,
- Brazilian Fiction
This book is for you if you're into...
- Philosophical journeys through fear and self-transformation
- Atmospheric Brazilian settings that feel both real and surreal
This intoxicating portrayal of a man searching for his destiny is Clarice Lispector's mystical, enigmatic masterpiece.
'All I've got is hunger. And that instable way of grasping an apple in the dark—without letting it fall.'
Martim, believing that he has committed a murder, flees the city and escapes into the night. Wandering through the vastness of nature he arrives, in a state of fear and wonder, at a remote ranch run by two women. There Martim finds work and, as he labours in the blistering heat of the Brazilian summer, becomes transfigured; remade into something else entirely.
Translated by Benjamin Moser.
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