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Clarice Lispector

Works by Clarice Lispector

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by Giovanni Pontiero
Original title: Lacos de familia

Clarice Lispector is universally recognised as being the most original and influential Brazilian woman writer of her time. In feminist circles she is revered as an intensely feminine writer who articulates the needs and concerns of every woman in pursuit of self-awareness. (more...)

The Passion According to G.H. [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Original title: A Paixao segundo G.H.

The Passion According to G.H. is a novel that somehow feels like a series of short stories, for each chapter starts with a sentence that gives it a theme. (more...)

Soulstorm [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by Alexis Leviton
Original title: A Via crucis do corpo

Twenty-nine stories and fragments from Lispector’s collections: The Way of the Cross (1974) and Where you were at night (1974) are gathered together here. They range in style and topic, from abstract streams of consciousness, (more...)

The Stream of Life [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by E. Fitz
Original title: Água Viva

This liquid narrative (the title very literally means «living water») is difficult to define in terms of genre, style or theme; as it says, «categories pin me down no longer.» It is like a series of pulsations, (more...)

Hour of the Star [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by Giovanni Pontiero
Original title: A Hora da estrela

Selected Cronicas [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by Giovanni Pontiero
Original title: A Descoberta do mundo

Foreign Legion: Stories and Chronicles (New Directions Paperbook, Ndp732) [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by Giovanni Pontiero

The Apple in the Dark [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by Gregory Rabassa
Original title: A Maçã no escuro

A man wanders through the deserted backlands in search of a new beginning. He wants to escape from the city, forget the past, start his life from scratch, even to the extent of learning how to see, speak and write anew, (more...)

The Foreign Legion

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by Giovanni Pontiero
Original title: A Legiao estrangeira

The Foreign Legion is a compilation of short stories and ‘chronicles’ (a Brazilian literary speciality; short pieces originally published in newspapers, reflections on all and everything, on daily life) from two lines to twenty pages long. (more...)

An Apprenticeship or a Book of Delights [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by Lorri Parris
Original title: Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos prazeres, Uma

Philosophy lecturer Ulysses meets primary school teacher Lori and, observing her unhappiness while falling in love with her, decides he will instruct her in the art of self-knowledge, confidence and being true to herself. (more...)

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