the complete chronicles Lispector, Clarice creator author. Costa, Margaret Jull translator. Patterson, Robin translator. Valente, Paulo Gurgel writer of afterword. text Literature. nyu 2022 First edition. monographic eng por

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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"-- Clarice Lispector ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson ; with an afterword by Paulo Gurgel Valente. Lispector, Clarice Translations into English PQ9697.L585 A2 2022 869.242 LIS/T 9780241597576 9780811226790 2022018883 DLC 220517 20231018115050.0 22550412 eng