{"product_id":"the-obscene-madame-d-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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eelectrifying 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 Hill?, 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, Hill? 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805331360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Hilda Hilst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45234826772661,"sku":"9781805331360","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_df382a93-5104-4876-aa5d-061df78264ca.jpg?v=1743518965","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-obscene-madame-d-9781805331360","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}