Lispector, Clarice

Too much of life : the complete chronicles/ Clarice Lispector ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson ; with an afterword by Paulo Gurgel Valente. - First edition. - 741 pages

"The crônica, a literary genre peculiar to Brazilian newspapers, allows writers (or even soccer stars) to address a wide readership on any theme they like. Chatty, mystical, intimate, flirtatious, and revelatory, Clarice Lispector's pieces for the Saturday edition of Rio's leading paper, the Jornal do Brasil, from 1967 to 1973, take the forms of memories, essays, aphorisms, and serialized stories. Endlessly delightful, her insights make one sit up and think, whether about children or social ills or pets or society women or the business of writing or love. This new, large, and beautifully translated volume, Too Much of Life: The Complete Crônicas presents a new aspect of the great writer-at once off the cuff and spot on"--

9780241597576 9780811226790

2022018883


Lispector, Clarice--Translations into English.


Literature.

PQ9697.L585 / A2 2022

869.242 / LIS/T