The Apple in the Dark (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Clarice Lispector
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: The twentieth century
- Setting: An isolated farm in the Brazilian countryside
- 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
Form and Content
The Apple in the Dark is an allegory of the human condition. More specifically, it is the story of one man’s struggle to create a new identity. Just as Martim, the protagonist, seems about to realize his goal, however, he loses his courage and chooses to reassume the comfortable though shallow and inauthentic identity that he had originally possessed. In his quest for a new identity, Martim’s relationships with two women are of primary importance. The dissection of the psychological and philosophical aspects of the feminine consciousness in the novel...
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Clarice Lispector (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Clarice Lispector (Short Fiction)Clarice Lispector (Long Fiction)
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