The Besieged City

by Clarice Lispector

Book Overview

Seven decades after its original publication, Clarice Lispector's third novel--the story of a girl and the city her gaze reveals--is in English at last. Lucr?cia Neves is ready to marry. Her suitors--soldierly Felipe, pensive Perseu, dependable Mateus--are attracted to her tawdry not-quite-beauty, which is of a piece with Sao Geraldo, the rough-and-ready township she inhabits. Civilization is on its way to this place, where wild horses still roam...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811226719
• ISBN13: 9780811226714
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.1"