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G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe and, panicking, slams the door on it. Her irresistible fascination with the dying insect provokes a spiritual crisis, in which she questions her place in the universe and her very identity, propelling her towards an act of shocking transgression
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Penguin Modern Classics: Passion According to G. H, Clarice Lispector
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- 2014
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- Title
- Penguin Modern Classics: Passion According to G. H
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Clarice Lispector
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0141197358
- ISBN13
- 9780141197357
- Series
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe and, panicking, slams the door on it. Her irresistible fascination with the dying insect provokes a spiritual crisis, in which she questions her place in the universe and her very identity, propelling her towards an act of shocking transgression