Description
On a March night as dark as sleep, Martim flees into the wilderness, convinced he has murdered his wife and haunted by the fear that he may never outrun his own guilt. As he moves between flight and reflection, the novel’s loosely connected journey unfolds in three parts—oscillating between terror and a stubborn, almost luminous longing for freedom. In the isolated spaces he finds—fields, roads, and a solitary farm—Martim confronts grief, responsibility, and the fragile boundary between what we believe we’ve done and what we can bear to know. With Clarice Lispector’s distinctive, inward style, the story becomes less a conventional plot than a penetrating exploration of conscience, identity, and the dark, private logic of the human heart.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2023
ISBN: 9780241371350
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Details
First Published
1961
Language
por
Translation
From: por
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