The Obscene Madame D

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Authors: Hilda Hilst, Nathanael & Rachel Gontijo AraujoModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) | Fiction in translationPublished on 22nd May 2025 by Pushkin Press (Pushkin Press Classics) in the United Kingdom.Paperback / softback | 80 pages 129mm x 198mm x 8mm | 80g The Obscene Madame D is the electrifying masterpiece by one of modern Brazilian literature's most significant and controversial writers.At sixty years old, Hillé decides to abandon conventional life and devote the rest of her days to contemplation in a recess under the stairs. There, she is haunted by her perplexed, recently deceased lover, Ehud, who cannot understand her rejection of common sense, sex and a simple life in favour of vain metaphysical speculations.In a stream-of-consciousness monologue, Hillé speaks of her search for spiritual fulfilment from a space of dereliction. In thrilling prose that is part Joyce, part Lispector and part de Sade, Hilda Hilst takes us into the disorder and beauty of a mind restlessly testing its own limits. Show more