The Besieged City by Clarice Lispector

The Besieged City

Clarice Lispector

224 pages first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction literary challenging mysterious slow-paced
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Lucrécia Neves is vain, unreflective, insolently superficial, almost mute. She may have no inner life at all. As she morphs from small-town girl to worldly wife of a rich man, and her small home town surrenders to the forces of progress, Lucrécia ...

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Community Reviews

3.59
based on 155 reviews

Moods

reflective: 85%

challenging: 76%

mysterious: 71%

emotional: 19%

tense: 14%

adventurous: 9%

inspiring: 9%

sad: 9%

funny: 4%

hopeful: 4%

lighthearted: 4%

relaxing: 4%


Pace

14% of readers chose fast
14% of readers chose medium
71% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

5% of readers chose Plot
94% of readers chose Character
Plot
Character

Strong character development?

29% of readers chose Yes
41% of readers chose Complicated
29% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

5% of readers chose Yes
47% of readers chose Complicated
41% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

6% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
68% of readers chose No
12% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

64% of readers chose Yes
23% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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