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by Clarice Lispector (Author), G. Pontiero (Translator) "Whatever his previous occupation had been, he had abandoned it, changed his profession and drifted uneasily into teaching at a primary school: that was all..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd (1 Jan 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0856356271
  • ISBN-13: 978-0856356278
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,039,087 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Expresses the author's deep concern with the problems of existence and identity and with the trials of childhood, motherhood, and friendship, and includes art criticism, aphorisms, and more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of food for throught in style and content., 4 Aug 1997
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This review is from: The Foreigh Legion - Stories & Chronicles (Paper Only): Stories and Chronicles (New Directions Paperbook) (Paperback)
Lispector applies her "stream of consciousness" style in an unusual two part writing. The two parts, stories and chronicles, offer observations on life within the unstable framework of her society.

The stories subjects are worked over by the raw cats tongue of power. From a simple invitation to lunch to a series of dreamlike cockroach executions we are drawn in and held captive and helpless.

The chronicles are observations "rescued from my bottom drawer" and called incomplete by themselves. However, as a group, these snapshots evoke a potent response. They blend together the best of this writers style in a format that strengthens the individual parts and gives back much more than you expect.

I was amazed that this book pulled such intense emotional responses from me. I needed to withdraw and carefully inspect each segment before going back. A strong book written without denouement or apology.

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