In English for the first time.
A mystical dialogue between a male author (a thinly disguised Clarice Lispector) and his/her creation, a woman named Angela, this posthumous work has never before been translated. Lispector did not even live to see it published. At her death, a mountain of fragments remained to be “structured” by a friend, Olga Borelli. These fragments form a dialogue between a god-like author who infuses the breath of life into his creation: the speaking, breathing, dying creation herself, Angela Pralini. The work’s almost occult appeal arises from the perception that if Angela dies, Clarice will have to die as well.
Posters featuring the integrated covers for the four new Clarice Lispector translations are available here.
“It is jarring and yet restorative to read a writer whose focus is so private, internal.”
— The Boston Globe
“Both dazzling and difficult. ”
— San Francisco Chronicle
“Lispector's intoxicating prose makes this experimental dialogue special. ”
— Publishers Weekly
“Lispector is an author that requires the reader's full participation, but the rewards are sizable. ”
— Scott Esposito, Barnes & Noble Review
“The New Directions Lispector translation project is an incredibly important contribution to the canon of world literature. ”
— The Coffin Factory
“One of the twentieth century's most mysterious writers in all her vibrant colours.”
— Orhan Pamuk
Cover design by Paul Sahre
Paperback $ 15.95
CN 17.00
144 pages
ISBN 978-0-8112-1962-4
Ebook $15.95
ISBN 9780811220705
