The Apple in the Dark (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Clarice Lispector
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Didactic
- Time of Work: The late 1950’s
- Setting: A remote farming region of Brazil
- 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
Characters Discussed
Martim (mahr-TEEM), a middle- aged statistician from São Paulo. A heavyset, blue-eyed man, he is in hiding because he believes that he killed his wife in a jealous rage. He hides out for two weeks in a hotel in central Brazil that is occupied only by a German and a servant. When he thinks they have gone to report his presence to the police, he flees overland and finds a job doing manual labor on a small farm in exchange for board and room. He spends a long time on the farm, which is owned and run by Vitória. He is involved for a while with Ermelinda,...
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