This article reads the novel A hora da estrela, by Clarice Lispector, through the lens of poverty. The story of a poor northeast girl and without success in life is an anguished and self-reflective narrative. The job of darning and typing are metaphors of the tension of the author. The novel about poverty brings into the scene the impotence of writing about the events.
Clarice Lispector; A hora da estrela; poverty; self-reflection