Quotes from book
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star is a novel by Clarice Lispector published in 1977, shortly after the author's death. In 1985, the novel was adapted by Suzana Amaral into a film of the same name, which won the Silver Bear for Best Actress in the 36th Berlin International Film Festival of 1986. It has been translated into English twice by New Directions Publishing with Giovanni Pontiero's 1992 translation followed by Benjamin Moser's version in 2011.
“But don't forget, in the meantime, that this is the season for strawberries. Yes.”
Source: The Hour of the Star
“So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.”
Variant: I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort. So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.
Source: The Hour of the Star (1977), p. 11
Source: The Hour of the Star (1977), p. 11
