Complete Stories
Book description
Here, gathered in one volume, are the stories that made Clarice a Brazilian legend. Originally a cloth edition of eighty-six stories, now we have eighty- nine in all, covering her whole amazing career, from her teenage years to her deathbed. In these pages, we meet teenagers becoming aware of their…
Why read it?
1 author picked Complete Stories as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I only discovered the world-renowned author Clarice Lispector in 2015, when the excellent edition of her complete stories was published.
Her capacity for keen and idiosyncratic observation penetrates the human heart and mind and makes her tales simultaneously shocking, amusing and thought provoking. Imagine to read the story of a chicken and feel yourself being almost passionately involved in its short life! Or think of the birthday party of an 89-year-old woman, who despises her family that surrounds her in barely veiled hostility!
These stories are amazing in every way; they are rooted in a deep understanding of the human…
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