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A Breath of Life

by Clarice Lispector

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220 pages2012New Directions PublishingISBN 9780811220705

About this book

<p>A mystical dialogue between a male author and his creation, this posthumous work has never before been translated, and is a book of particular beauty and strangeness.</p> <p>A mystical dialogue between a male author (a thinly disguised Clarice Lispector) and his/her creation, a woman named Angela, this posthumous work has never before been translated. Lispector did not even live to see it published.</p> <p>At her death, a mountain of fragments remained to be “structured” by Olga Borelli. These fragments form a dialogue between a god-like author who infuses the breath of life into his creation: the speaking, breathing, dying creation herself, Angela Pralini. The work’s almost occult appeal arises from the perception that if Angela dies, Clarice will have to die as well. And she did.</p>

Publication Details

Publisher
New Directions Publishing
Published
2012
Pages
220
ISBN
9780811220705
Language
en

About Clarice Lispector

Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian writer acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories. Her most famous works include the stories of Family Ties (Laços de Família), The Passion According to G.H. (A Paixão Segundo G.H.), and what is arguably her masterpiece, Água Viva. (Please see more in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Lispector)

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