{"product_id":"the-obscene-madame-d-hilda-hilst-paperback","title":"The Obscene Madame D -- Hilda Hilst, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hilda Hilst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\" H x 4.9\" L x 0.4\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781805331360\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54172999581995,"sku":"9781805331360","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781805331360.jpg?v=1784320105","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-obscene-madame-d-hilda-hilst-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}