The Apple in the Dark (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Clarice Lispector
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Plot: Mythic quest
- Time of Work: The late 1950’s
- Setting: A remote, desolate farming region of Brazil
- Principal Characters: Martim, Vitória, Ermelinda
- Genres: Long fiction, Existential literature, Lyric story
- Subjects: 1950’s, Self-discovery, Crime or criminals, Self, Alienation, Reality, Fear, Brazil or Brazilians, Human behavior, Existentialism, Consciousness
- Locales: Brazil
The Novel
On the surface, the story in The Apple in the Dark could not be simpler. A man commits a crime, flees into the desolate interior of Brazil, arrives at a remote farm, is taken on as a farmhand, is reported to the authorities, and is arrested and returned to face the law. It is not the minimal action of the plot which intrigues the reader but rather the process of searching for some meaning in life, for some definition of the world and of one’s place in it, that provides the interest of the novel.
Primarily, it is Martim’s quest for self-awareness that...
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