{"product_id":"the-besieged-city","title":"The Besieged City","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Besieged City\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eClarice Lispector\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780811238502\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Directions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with visions, miraculous horses, and linguistic ecstasy, \u003cem\u003eThe Besieged City\u003c\/em\u003e stars Lucrécia. Clarice Lispector's heroine is a materialistic girl free of the burden of thought: \"Behold, behold, all of her, terribly physical, one of the objects.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The object--the thing,\" Lispector once remarked, \"always fascinated me and in a certain sense destroyed me. In my book \u003cem\u003eThe Besieged City\u003c\/em\u003e I speak indirectly about the mystery of the thing. The thing is a specialized and immobilized animal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"The Besieged City | Clarice Lispector | Paperback | 9780811238502 | New | Fiction 1669768","offer_id":50789368135938,"sku":"1669768","price":30.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51vIjfEV_nL.jpg?v=1792303790","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-besieged-city","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}