Autor Clarice Lispector
Martim spáchal zločin. Skrýva sa v brazílskom vnútrozemí, najprv v zabudnutom prázdnom hoteli, potom na osamelom statku. Usiluje sa začať celkom odznova, na samom začiatku, poprieť celú svoju predchádzajúcu existenciu a využiť svoj skutok na úplnú obnovu.…
'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…
Clarice Lispector's sensational, prize-winning debut novel Near to the Wild Heart was published when she was just twenty-three and earned her the name 'Hurricane Clarice'. It tells the story of Joana, from her wild, creative childhood, as the 'little…
A TLS Book of the Year This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the moments that make up a life'How did I so unwittingly transform the joy of living into the great luxury of being alive?'Between…
Described by Clarice Lispector as 'the best one', this intoxicating portrayal of a man searching for his destiny is her mystical, enigmatic masterpiece'All I've got is hunger. And that instable way of grasping an apple in the dark-without letting it…
'How did I so unwittingly transform the joy of living into the great luxury of being alive?'Between 1967 and 1977, Clarice Lispector wrote weekly dispatches from her desk in Rio for the Jornal do Brasil. Already famous for her revolutionary, interior,…
"That woman who killed the fish unfortunately is me," begins the title story, but "if it were my fault, I'd own up to you, since I don't lie to boys and girls. I only lie sometimes to a certain type of grownup because there's no other…
The things I've learned from taxi drivers would be enough to fill a book. They know a lot: they really do get around. I may know a lot about Antonioni that they don't know. Or maybe they do even when they don't. There are various ways of knowing by not-knowing.…
Blízko divokého srdca je prvý román brazílskej spisovateľky Clarice Lispectorovej. Dielo, ktoré napísala ako dvadsaťdvaročná študentka v malej prenajatej izbičke, vyvolalo okamžitý ohlas. Kritici ho nazvali najlepším románom, aký kedy žena napísala v…