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Agua Viva Clarice Lispector

Agua Viva By Clarice Lispector

Agua Viva by Clarice Lispector

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Lispector at her most philosophically radical.

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Agua Viva by Clarice Lispector

A meditation on the nature of life and time, Agua Viva (1973) shows Lispector discovering a new means of writing about herself, more deeply transforming her individual experience into a universal poetry. In a body of work as emotionally powerful, formally innovative, and philosophically profound as Clarice Lispectors, Agua Viva stands out as a particular triumph.

Agua Viva Reviews

"This is a fictional account of a womans attempt to escape from conventional time and exist instead in a perpetually renewing this instant-now. Lispector pursued this same seemingly impossible aim through a number of books getting closer and closer to the confused and thrilling feeling of fully conscious aliveness. Agua Vivais where she succeeds most amazingly." -- Toby Litt - The Guardian
"Brilliant and unclassifiable Glamorous, cultured, moody, Lispector is an emblematic twentieth-century artist who belongs in the same pantheon as Kafka and Joyce." -- Edmund White
"This is a book that, like a good painting, can be picked up anywhere and that will continue to reward renewed contact over months and years of acquaintance." -- Scott Esposito - Barnes & Noble Review
"Her images dazzle even when her meaning is most obscure, and when she is writing of what she despises she is lucidity itself. " -- The Times Literary Supplement
"One of 20th-century Brazils most intriguing and mystifying writers." -- The L Magazine

About Clarice Lispector

Clarice Lispector(19201977), the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century, has been called astounding (Rachel Kushner), a penetrating genius (Donna Seaman, Booklist), and one of the twentieth centurys most mysterious writers (Orhan Pamuk). Born in Belem, Brazil, StefanTobleris the publisher of And Other Stories and, whenever time permits, a translator from Portuguese and German. His translation of Arno GeigersThe Old King in His Exilewas shortlisted for both the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize and Schlegel-Tieck Prize, and his other translations include the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize-shortlistedAgua Vivaby Clarice Lispector and the Man Booker International Prize finalistA Cup of Rageby Raduan Nassar. General editor of the new translations of Clarice Lispectors complete works at New Directions, BENJAMIN MOSER is the author of Why This World: The Biography of Clarice Lispector, and Sontag: Her Life and Work,which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. His new book, The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters, will be published in October.

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CIN0811219909G
9780811219907
0811219909
Agua Viva by Clarice Lispector
Clarice Lispector
Used - Good
Paperback
New Directions Publishing Corporation
2012-06-19
88
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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