The Complete Stories - Hardcover

Lispector, Clarice; Moser, Benjamin; Dodson, Katrina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811219631 ISBN 13: 9780811219631

Publisher: New Directions, 2015

Synopsis

The recent publication by New Directions of five Lispector novels revealed to legions of new readers her darkness and dazzle. Now, for the first time in English, are all the stories that made her a Brazilian legend: from teenagers coming into awareness of their sexual and artistic powers to humdrum housewives whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies to old people who don t know what to do with themselves. Clarice s stories take us through their lives and ours.From one of the greatest modern writers, these stories, gathered from the nine collections published during her lifetime, follow an unbroken time line of success as a writer, from her adolescence to her death bed.

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Review

The elusive genius who dramatized a fractured interior world in rich, synesthetic prose.--Megan O'Grady

Clarice Lispector is the premier Latin American prose writer of the century.

To fans, Lispector is simply 'Clarice, ' like Cher or Madonna or her countryman, Pele.--Brenda Cronin

Startlingly innovative.--Elissa Shappel

A genius on the level of Nabokov.--Jeff VanderMeer

Writing to prolong a life at its end, Lispector increasingly writes in the creases of time.--Ava Kofman

Her long-awaited arrival -- of which this is only the beginning -- might be compared to the translation and publication of Kafka's work in early 1940s.

Lispector reads with lively intelligence and is terrifically funny. Language, for her, was the self''s light.--Lorrie Moore

For readers who worship at the altar of Lispector, the appearance of new work in translation is an event...Calling the release of Lispector's Complete Stories in English an ''epiphany'' in its promotional copy may sound like hyperbole. It's not.

Through these 85 stories, these mini invasions, it's apparent that yes, Clarice Lispector was indeed a singular artist. Decades after her death, she continues to champion the possibilities of language, and its ability to mesmerize.--Juan Vidal

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."

Edition details

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811219631
• ISBN 13: 9780811219631
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640