{"product_id":"9781805331360","title":"The Obscene Madame D","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wickedly funny work of depraved genius by one of Brazil’s most radical twentieth-century writers; imagine the Marquis de Sade as written by Clarice Lespecter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn electrifying masterpiece by one of modern Brazilian literature’s most significant and controversial writers, Hilda Hilst takes us into the disorder and beauty of a mind restlessly testing its own limits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery month I ingested the body of God, not in the way one swallows green peas or agrostis, or swallows swords, I ingested the body of God the way people do when they know they are swallowing the More, the All, the Incommensurable, for not believing in finitude I would lose myself in absolute infinity…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Obscene Madame D \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of Hillé, a sixty-year-old woman who has decided to abandon conventional life and spend the rest of her days in contemplation in a recess under the stairs. There, she is haunted by the perplexity of her recently deceased lover, Ehud, who cannot understand her rejection of common sense, sex and a simple life in favour of metaphysical speculations that he considers delusional and vain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a stream-of-consciousness monologue that’s part James Joyce, part Clarice Lispector, and part de Sade, Hillé speaks of her search for spiritual fulfilment from a space of dereliction, as she searches for answers to great questions of life, death and the relationship between body and soul.","brand":"Hilda Hilst","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46458864140500,"sku":"9781805331360","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_66107c05-498d-4ef6-a558-6b6e7cde548f.jpg?v=1751572228","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781805331360","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}