Why a Booktrail?
Various: The stories of a Brazilian legend
The Complete Stories
Why a Booktrail?
Various: The stories of a Brazilian legend
What you need to know before your trail
The publication of Clarice Lispector’s Collected Stories, eighty-five in all, is a major literary event. Now, for the first time in English, are all the stories that made her a Brazilian legend: from teenagers coming into awareness of their sexual and artistic powers to humdrum housewives whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies to old people who don’t know what to do with themselves. Lispector’s stories take us through their lives – and ours. From one of the greatest modern writers, these 85 stories, gathered from the nine collections published during her lifetime, follow Clarice Lispector throughout her life.
Travel Guide
There are no locations as such in this book – these are all settings, cultural differences, life experiences with a Brazilian flavour.
“The cemetery, where all lie sleeping who once were and never more shall be. There, where the slightest whisper makes the living shudder in terror and where the tranquility of the stars muffles our cries and brings terror to our eyes. There, where there are neither tears nor thoughts to express the profound misery of coming to an end.”
“Mama, before she got married, according to Aunt Emilia, was a firecracker, a tempestuous redhead, with thoughts of her own about liberty and equality for women. But then along came Papa, very serious and tall, with thoughts of his own too, about… liberty and equality for women. The trouble was in the coinciding subject matter. There was a collision.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Complete Stories
Destination: Brazil Author/Guide: Clarice Lispector Departure Time: Various
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