“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

“Água Viva is like nothing else you've ever read, and, like the other Lispector re-editions, reading it is an experience you won't want to miss. ”

— The Coffin Factory

“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