The Foreigh Legion – Stories & Chronicles: 0732 (New Directions Paperbook) - Softcover

Lispector, Clarice; Pontiero, Giovanni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811211894 ISBN 13: 9780811211895

Publisher: New Directions, 1992

Synopsis

The Foreign Legion is a collection in two parts, gathering both stories and chronicles, and it offers wonderful evidence of Clarice Lispector's unique sensibility and range as an exponent of experimental prose. It opens with thirteen stories and the second part of the book presents her newspaper crônicas, which Lispector said she retrieved from a bottom drawer.

About this title

About the Author:

Clarice Lispector (1920-1977), the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century, has been called "astounding" (Rachel Kushner), "a penetrating genius" (Donna Seaman, Booklist), and "a truly remarkable writer" (Jonathan Franzen). "Her images dazzle even when her meaning is most obscure," noted the Times Literary Supplement, "and when she is writing of what she despises, she is lucidity itself."

From the Back Cover:

The Foreign Legion opens with thirteen stories. Delightful, vivid, sometimes mordantly funny, sometimes sad beyond words. Together the stories and chronicles create a showcase of Lispector's talents to amuse and disturb.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0811211894
• ISBN 13: 9780811211895
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220