{"product_id":"the-passion-according-to-g-h","title":"The Passion According to G.H.","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Passion According to G.H.\u003c\/em\u003e, Clarice Lispector's mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid's room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door--crushing the cockroach--and then watches it die. At the end of the novel, at the height of a spiritual crisis, comes the most famous and most genuinely shocking scene in Brazilian literature...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lispector wrote that of all her works this novel was the one that \"best corresponded to her demands as a writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLispector, Clarice:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eClarice Lispector\u003c\/strong\u003e (1920-1977), the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century, has been called \"astounding\" (Rachel Kushner), \"a penetrating genius\" (Donna Seaman, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e), and \"one of the twentieth century's most mysterious writers\" (Orhan Pamuk).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVeloso, Caetano:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eCaetano Veloso\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of Brazil's foremost musicians.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNovey, Idra:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eIdra Novey\u003c\/strong\u003e is the award-winning author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThose Who Knew\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWays to Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e. She teaches fiction in the Creative Writing Program at Princeton University.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575720677650,"sku":"9780811219686","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_42248d94-6b35-4601-b410-04a51179a6e5.jpg?v=1731987112","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-passion-according-to-g-h","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}