Clarice Lispector

One of Elena Ferrante's Top 40 Books by Women G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black, dusty, prehistoric - crawling out of the wardrobe and, panicking, slams the door on it. Her irresistible fascination with the dying insect provokes a spiritual crisis, in which she questions her place in the universe and her very identity, propelling her towards an act of shocking transgression. Clarice Lispector's spare, deeply disturbing yet luminous novel transforms language into something otherworldly, and is one of her most unsettling and compelling works. Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her innovation in fiction brought her international renown. References to her literary work pervade the music and literature of Brazil and Latin America. She was born in the Ukraine in 1920, but in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Civil War, the family fled to Romania and eventually sailed to Brazil. She published her first novel, Near to the Wildheart in 1943 when she was just twenty-three, and the next year was awarded the Graça Aranha Prize for the best first novel. Many felt she had given Brazillian literature a unique voice in the larger context of Portuguese literature. After living variously in Italy, the UK, Switzerland and the US, in 1959, Lispector with her children returned to Brazil where she wrote her most influential novels including The Passion According to G.H. She died in 1977, shortly after the publication of her final novel, The Hour of the Star.

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Publicada por primera vez en 1969, Aprendizaje o el libro de los placeres despert la pol mica entre los cr ticos, que a n hoy debaten sus posibles interpretaciones. Este es el relato de c mo el amor se forja en dos seres: a trav s de un arduo desnudamiento interno los protagonistas van recuperando su identidad hasta alcanzar la renovaci n vital en la mutua entrega. En la b squeda de su individualidad, el verdadero aprendizaje de la protagonista es c mo darle cabida a su manera de ser mujer en la sociedad. No le preocupan la maternidad, las opiniones familiares ni la solter a, sino su involuntaria resistencia a la propia vida. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION First published in 1969, Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures sparked controversy among critics, who still debate its many possible interpretations. This is the story of how love is forged between two souls: through a demanding process of inner exposure, the protagonists rediscover their identities and reach a vital renewal through mutual surrender. In her search for individuality, the heroine's true learning lies in finding a place for her own way of being a woman in society. She is unconcerned with motherhood, family expectations, and marriage, but rather with her involuntary resistance to life itself.

Ahora en bolsillo, la que para muchos es la obra maestra de Clarice Lispector. G. H. --de quien nunca conoceremos el nombre completo-- es una mujer independiente, escultora aficionada y bien conectada en los c rculos m s influyentes de R o de Janeiro. Un d a, sola en su tico, vive una experiencia extraordinaria que la enfrenta a sus propios l mites. Esta vivencia le provoca n useas de repulsi n y desata un torrente de reflexiones ntimas, algunas hasta entonces desconocidas para ella misma, sobre sus emociones, temores, angustias y la esencia de su existencia. Lo que parece un suceso trivial se transforma en un catalizador que la lleva a examinar su vida desde la infancia y, finalmente, a tomar la determinaci n de superar sus miedos m s profundos. «Considerada por muchos la obra maestra de Clarice Lispector . «G.H. se convierte en una aliada de quienes habitan en la cat strofe, de todos nosotros que, en alg n momento de nuestras vidas, nos hemos extraviado de nosotros mismos . --Luiz Fernando Carvalho ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Now in paperback, what many consider to be Clarice Lispector's masterpiece. G. H. -- whose full name we will never know -- is an independent woman, an amateur sculptor, and well-connected in the most influential circles of Rio de Janeiro. One day, alone in her penthouse, she experiences an extraordinary event that confronts her with her own limits. This experience provokes nausea and repulsion and unleashes a torrent of intimate reflections, some previously unknown to her, about her emotions, fears, anxieties, and the essence of her existence. What seems like a trivial event transforms into a catalyst that leads her to examine her life from childhood and, ultimately, to decide to overcome her deepest fears. "Considered by many to be Clarice Lispector's masterpiece." "G.H. becomes an ally of those who dwell in catastrophe, of all of us who, at some point in our lives, have lost ourselves." -Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Llega a bolsillo la primera novela de Clarice Lispector, publicada cuando apenas ten a veintitr s a os. La protagonista, Joana, es una ni a cuyo aburrimiento activa su imaginaci n. Y as empieza una narraci n en la que deambulan sus inquietudes e ilusiones desde la infancia hasta la madurez. Cerca del coraz n salvaje es el intento de construir la biograf a de Joana desde la infancia hasta la madurez, buscando la verdad interior, estudiando la complejidad de las relaciones humanas, intentando olvidar la muerte, la muerte del padre, que Joana no aceptar jam s. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This new translation of Clarice Lispector's sensational first book tells the story of a middle-class woman's life from childhood through an unhappy marriage and its dissolution to transcendence. Near to the Wild Heart, published in Rio de Janeiro in 1943, introduced Brazil to what one writer called "Hurricane Clarice" a twenty-three-year-old girl who wrote her first book in a tiny rented room and then baptized it with a title taken from Joyce: "He was alone, unheeded, near to the wild heart of life." The book was an unprecedented sensation ― the discovery of a genius. Narrative epiphanies and interior monologue frame the life of Joana, from her middle-class childhood through her unhappy marriage and its dissolution to transcendence, when she proclaims: "I shall arise as strong and comely as a young colt."

M s all de la pasi n, Agua viva apunta al centro de la vida y desaf a a la muerte con su defensa de la alegr a. «En Agua viva, especie de larga misiva a un destinatario desconocido, Clarice Lispector deja que el pensamiento divague sin freno, evocando la fuerza del momento, la escritura, la pintura o su propia soledad. El resultado es un libro de vigor singular . -Le Monde D nde est n los l mites del lenguaje? Agua viva es una vivencia sobre esos l mites. Vaga ep stola a un destinatario mudo, esta obra supera en todo momento las fronteras de esa amplia familia de las cartas de desamor a la que, en parte, pertenece. Desafiando los l mites y sin concesiones a la convenci n, este libro inaugura un espacio compartido entre quien escribe y quien lee. Una obra fundamental dentro de la producci n literaria de la autora, as como de la literatura en lengua portuguesa. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Beyond passion, Living Water aims at the heart of life and defies death in its defense of joy. "In Living Water, a sort of long letter to an unknown addressee, Clarice Lispector lets the mind run free, evoking the strength of the moment, writing, painting, or her own loneliness. The result is a book of singular vigor." --Le Monde Where are the limits of language? Living Water is a way to experience those very limits. A vague epistle to a mute recipient, this work constantly surpasses the borders of that ample family of heartbreak letters it partly belongs to. This book, defying the limits and conventions uncompromisingly, opens a shared space for the one who writes and the one who reads. A fundamental piece in the author's literary production, as well as in literature written in the Portuguese language.

Con La hora de la estrella Clarice Lispector puso el punto final a una gran carrera que constituy uno de los momentos m s altos de la literatura brasile a moderna. «Lispector escrib a como si nadie antes hubiese escrito. Fue uno de los genios del siglo XX, en la misma liga que Flannery O'Connor, Jorge Luis Borges y Fernando Pessoa. Extraordinariamente original y brillante, seductora e inquietante . --Colm T ib n Esta es "la historia de una inocencia herida, de una miseria an nima, una breve e intensa visi n del absurdo que supone una existencia anodina...". En las p ginas de La hora de la estrella, considerada una de sus obras m s importantes, aparece en toda su magnitud el personal simo estilo de Clarice Lispector: su peculiar forma de transformar las palabras en im genes vigorosas y puras se une aqu a una compleja estructura formal. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Clarice Lispector's best-selling masterpiece―"her finest book" (The Nation)―now in a special hardcover edition to celebrate the centenary of her birth, with an illuminating new afterword by her son. The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macab a, one of life's unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macab a loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly, underfed, sickly, and unloved. Rodrigo recoils from her wretchedness, and yet he cannot avoid the realization that for all her outward misery, Macab a is inwardly free. She doesn't seem to know how unhappy she should be. As Macab a heads toward her absurd death, Lispector employs her pathetic heroine against her urbane, empty narrator―edge of despair to edge of despair―and, working them like a pair of scissors, she cuts away the reader's preconceived notions about poverty, identity, love, and the art of fiction. In her last book she takes readers close to the true mystery of life and leaves us deep in Lispector territory indeed.

Todos los relatos de la m tica escritora brasile a recogidos, por primera vez en Penguin, en un solo volumen. «Clarice Lispector es enigm tica, m stica, contradictoria y filos fica. Aunque comience en un terreno familiar ...], r pidamente se desv a hacia un reino donde los sonidos se tornan discordantes y el paisaje se vuelve indiscernible, asumiendo tonalidades imprevistas . --The New York Times Este volumen re ne toda la narrativa breve de la autora que insufl vida a las inquietudes universales de la existencia cotidiana o los eternos interrogantes de la condici n del ser humano. Autora de brillantes y personal simos relatos que figuran entre los m s emblem ticos de la literatura brasile a, Clarice Lispector est un nimemente considerada como una de las m s importantes voces del siglo XX. Su figura y su legado irradian hoy en d a el mismo magnetismo que ha conseguido cautivar a los lectores de todo el mundo desde que apareciera publicado su primer libro. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Every short story by this mythical Brazilian writer, collected for the first time in Penguin in a single volume. "Clarice Lispector is enigmatic, mystical, contradictory, and philosophical. Even though she starts in familiar territory... she quickly deviates to a realm where sound turns jarring and the landscape becomes undecipherable, taking on unexpected nuances." --The New York Times This volume gathers the entire short fiction by an author that breathed life into universal concerns of everyday existence, or our eternal questions regarding the human condition. Author of brilliant and personal stories among the most emblematic in Brazilian literature, Clarice Lispector is unanimously considered one of the greatest voices in the twentieth century. Her figure and legacy irradiate today the same kind of magnetism that captivated readers from all over the world since her first book was published.

Det hela börjar med en kackerlacka. G.H. ska städa sin lägenhet och börjar i sitt gamla hembiträdes rum. Rummet är oväntat rent och fyllt med ljus, men i klädkammaren stöter hon på en stor gammal kackerlacka. Mötet med inkräktaren, som tar sin plats i hennes lägenhet som självklar, skakar om hennes tillvaro och tvingar henne att omvärdera hela sitt liv och sin självbild. Hon upplever en djup känsla av oordning och förlust, vilket leder till en existentiell kris där hon ifrågasätter sin tidigare förståelse av sig själv och världen. Passionen enligt G.H. är en filosofisk och introspektiv betraktelse över livet och en undersökning av ordens och språkets betydelse. Texten tar sig en helt egen form och sträcker sig utanför romanformens ramar, utan att för den skull någonsin lämna klädkammaren. Lispectors språk och syn på världen liknar ingen annans, och möjligen är det i den här romanen det framstår som allra tydligast. CLARICE LISPECTOR föddes 1920 i Ukraina men kom till Brasilien redan under sitt första levnadsår efter att hennes judiska familj flytt undan pogromer och förföljelse. På svenska har en stor del av hennes skönlitterära verk utkommit på Tranan under de senaste 20 åren. De kommande åren återutger vi ett par av dessa i reviderade översättningar och med nyskrivna förord.ÖRJAN SJÖGREN är översättare från portugisiska och engelska och är den som har gett Clarice Lispector sin svenska språkdräkt.

A literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where the holiday falls during the Brazilian summer and festivities are punctuated by the rhythms of surf and samba. Including works by classic and contemporary authors, this bountiful, surprising anthology features a potent mix of familial feasts, poetry, the peal of church bells, Midnight Masses, and U.S. expatriates flirting at parties in Rio de Janeiro. With writings by Machado de Assis, Mario de Andrade, Clarice Lispector, Paulo Coelho, Graciliano Ramos, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Moacyr Scliar, Rubem Braga, Victor Heringer, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and more.

Stjärnans ögonblick gavs ut i Brasilien 1979 och har uppnått klassiker­status både hemma i Brasilien och internationellt. Tranan gav ut romanen på svenska 2001, och inför nyutgivningen har den prisade över­sättaren Örjan Sjögren översatt om romanen från grunden. Nyutgåvan innehåller också ett förord av Colm Tóibín. Det är en perfekt introduktion till Lispectors unika litterära värld, som har varit stilbildande för flera genera­tioner förfat­tare och kritiker.-- Macabéa! Nu ska du få höra! Lyssna noga, min blomma, för jag har något mycket viktigt att berätta för dig. Det är något mycket stort och glädjande: ditt liv kommer att förändras fullständigt! Macabéa lever ett fattigt och innehållslöst liv i Rio de Janeiros slum. Hon älskar Coca-Cola och fantiserar om att vara Marilyn Monroe, men enligt romanens världsvana, självsäkra berättare Rodrigo S.M. var hon dömd till elände redan från födseln: hon är ful, undernärd, oduglig och oälskad. Men av någon outgrundlig anledning verkar hon ändå fri inombords, till synes omedveten om hur olycklig hon borde vara. Clarice Lispector föddes 1920 i Ukraina men kom till nordöstra Brasilien redan under sitt första levnadsår efter att hennes judiska familj flytt undan pogromer och förföljelse. Efter sin mors död flyttade hon som nio-åring till Rio de Janerio, där hon idag ligger begravd och står staty. Hon debuterade som 23-åring med romanen Nära det vilda hjärtat och hålls idag som Brasiliens största moderna författare. Hon dog 1977. Örjan Sjögren är en flerfaldigt prisbelönt översättare från portugisiska och engelska. Han översatte Stjärnans ögonblick redan 2001 men har inför nyutgivningen gjort om översättningen från grunden."Lispector hade, i likhet med Borges i sina fiktioner, en förmåga att skriva som om ingen någonsin hade skrivit tidigare, som om verket med sin originalitet och friskhet kom till världen helt oväntat."Ur Colm Tóibíns förord

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books'One of the hidden geniuses of the twentieth century' - Colm TóibínA housewife’s life is shattered by a sudden epiphany. A simple tale of killing cockroaches fragments into multiple narratives, each uncovering new truths. In this selection of haunting short stories, Lispector reveals the permeable boundaries between past and present, the real and the surreal, showing ordinary moments to contain the deepest existential truths.

A chatty rabbit dares you to solve how he keeps escaping his hutch in this whimsical detective story perfect for reading aloud with animal lovers ages 5 to 9. When Joãozinho the rabbit scrunches his nose 15,000 times, he finally comes up with an escape plan Jo ozinho is an ordinary rabbit, happy and hungry. Ideas come to rabbits when they scrunch and unscrunch their noses, but as anyone who has seen a rabbit knows, they do this nonstop. In order to sniff out one single idea, they have to scrunch their noses 15,000 times. Jo ozinho comes up with an idea as good as the smell of a fresh carrot. He's finally figured out how to escape from his rabbit hutch in order to find more food. Jo ozinho soon becomes an escape artist--but how does he do it? That's a mystery he dares you to solve. Clarice Lispector, one of the foremost writers of the twentieth century, wrote this story for her son Paulo, a lover of rabbits when he was small and, as she writes in her introductory note, "had yet to discover stronger affections."

For første gang på dansk: Clarice Lispectors markante debut "Nær det vilde hjerte" fra 1943. Blot 20 år gammel skrev Clarice Lispector i sin helt egen umiskendelige stil og med et skarpt blik for den menneskelige psykologi. I romanen følger vi Joana fra barndommen, ind i ægteskabet og ud igen. Romanen var et opsigtsvækkende nybrud i Clarice Lispectors samtid. Den står stadig som et af hendes absolutte hovedværker i dag. Clarice Lispector (1920-1977) Brasiliansk forfatter, blandt det 20. århundredes store modernister.

Talking animals take center stage--and explain the mysteries of the world --in this zany, Kipling-esque picture book from literary great Clarice Lispector for ages 5 to 9. Have you ever wondered why birds have no teeth? Or why sometimes black clouds do not rain? Ulisses the talking dog has the answers "Once upon a time: me " announces the narrator of this tall clever tale about a talking dog named Ulisses, his owner Clarice, a rooster named Evidio, a hen named Edissea, and a greedy fig tree. The narrator is none other than Ulisses the dog, and his story really gets started when a bad witch named Exelia floats into town disguised as a black cloud. The fig tree wants to get rich quick--and with the witch's help, she hatches a dark plan to make Edissea and her fellow hens lay eggs all night long. But the plan backfires when the birds cluck and crow around the clock in protest, driving the fig tree to distraction. In this madcap story by Clarice Lispector, one of the foremost writers of the twentieth century, animals are the master storytellers and the prime movers. As in a Rudyard Kipling Just So story, they help explain the mysteries of the world, such as why birds have no teeth. But dogs don't know everything - for instance, how do you eat the fruit of the jabuticaba, the Brazilian grapetree? "You, kid, ask a grownup," concludes Ulisses. Lispector's story is perfect for ages 5 to 9 years old.

This radiant selection of Clarice Lispector's best and best-loved stories includes such familiar favorites as "The Smallest Woman in the World,""Love," "Family Ties," and "The Egg and the Chicken." Lispector's luminous regard for life's small revelatory incidents is legendary, and here her genius is concentrated in a fizzing, portable volume. Covert Joy offers the particular bliss a book can bring that she expresses in the title story: Joy would always be covert for me... Sometimes I'd sit in the hammock, swinging with the book open on my lap, not touching it, in the purest ecstasy.I was no longer a girl with a book: I was a woman with her lover

«Dette er en fersk bok, nylig kommet ut av ingenting. Den er spilt på piano, varsomt og fast spilt på piano, og alle tonene er klare og fullkomne, den ene adskilt fra den andre. Denne boken er en brevdue. Jeg skriver for ingen og for ingenting. Om noen leser meg, blir det på eget ansvar og risiko. Jeg lager ikke litteratur, jeg bare lever ettersom tiden går.»Et pust av liv er Clarice Lispectors siste roman. Den ble påbegynt i 1974 og avsluttet i 1977, like før hun døde. Hun uttrykte selv at boken var vanskelig å skrive, at den var «skrevet i dødskval» og at den hadde sitt utspring i en smertefull impuls som hun ikke var i stand til å holde tilbake. Romanen er formet som en dialog mellom en mannlig forfatter uten navn og hans kvinnelige «skapning», Ângela. Forfatteren gir «et pust av liv» til sin skapning, som begynner å tale og som lever og til slutt dør ved hans side. Romanen er uten ren handling i konvensjonell forstand; gjennom dialogformen utforsker den heller på en lyrisk måte, full av tankevekkende og poetiske innskudd, forholdet mellom forfatter og verk, mellom språk og tid, skriving og døden.