The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector’s consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life’s unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be ...(展开全部)

克拉丽丝•李斯佩克朵Clarice Lispector 1920年12月10日出生于乌克兰的犹太家庭，出生不久即随父母移居巴西。她于1944年出版处女作《濒于狂野的心》，在巴西引起很大反响，之后陆续出版了小说《光》和《围困之城》，同时期完成《黑暗中的苹果》与短篇集《家庭纽带》的创作。20世纪60年代以降，克拉丽丝的写作才能获得公众承认，小说《黑暗中的苹果》获得卡门•多洛雷斯奖，儿童文学作品《爱思考的兔子奇事》获得卡伦加奖，并因其文学成就获得联邦大区文化基金会奖。1977年12月9日，克拉丽丝去世；次年，最后的作品《生命的吹息》出版。

克拉丽丝•李斯佩克朵Clarice Lispector 1920年12月10日出生于乌克兰的犹太家庭，出生不久即随父母移居巴西。她于1944年出版处女作《濒于狂野的心》，在巴西引起很大反响，之后陆续出版了小说《光》和《围困之城》，同时期完成《黑暗中的苹果》与短篇集《家庭纽带》的创作。20世纪60年代以降，克拉丽丝的写作才能获得公众承认，小说《黑暗中的苹果》获得卡门•多洛雷斯奖，儿童文学作品《爱思考的兔子奇事》获得卡伦加奖，并因其文学成就获得联邦大区文化基金会奖。1977年12月9日，克拉丽丝去世；次年，最后的作品《生命的吹息》出版。

The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector’s consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life’s unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be ...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly In addressing the origins of ethnic cleansing, UCLA sociologist Mann (Fascism) locates differing stages of political participation as a major factor. He begins with stable authoritarian regimes (e.g., Tito's Yugoslavia) that exclude participation; when such regimes break down, there is a period of everybody scrambling for power and trying to exclude someb...(展开全部)

A new theory of ethnic cleansing based on the most terrible cases (colonial genocides, Armenia, the Nazi Holocaust, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda) and cases of lesser violence (early modern Europe, contemporary India, and Indonesia). Murderous cleansing is modern, 'the dark side of democracy'. It results where the demos (democracy) is confused with the ethnos (the ethnic group)....(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly In addressing the origins of ethnic cleansing, UCLA sociologist Mann (Fascism) locates differing stages of political participation as a major factor. He begins with stable authoritarian regimes (e.g., Tito's Yugoslavia) that exclude participation; when such regimes break down, there is a period of everybody scrambling for power and trying to exclude someb...(展开全部)

A new theory of ethnic cleansing based on the most terrible cases (colonial genocides, Armenia, the Nazi Holocaust, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda) and cases of lesser violence (early modern Europe, contemporary India, and Indonesia). Murderous cleansing is modern, 'the dark side of democracy'. It results where the demos (democracy) is confused with the ethnos (the ethnic group)....(展开全部)

“Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.” American short-story writer Kate Chopin’s tale “The Story of an Hour” was first published in Vogue in 1894 and has endured to become one of her most beloved works. Upon learning of her husband’s death, Louise Mallard conside...(展开全部)

At 9pm on July 28, Nick Quinn is given an extraordinary opportunity, a chance to rewrite history and save his wife Mary's life. At 9pm, Nick is being held in jail, accused of Mary's murder. He saw her bloody corpse; he knows that she is dead. That's when a grey haired gentleman presents him with a talisman that allows him to go back in time, one hour at a time, for a total of ...(展开全部)