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Too Much of Life: The Complete Crônicas
By Clarice Lispector & Margaret Jull CostaPublisher Description
In 1967, Brazil's leading newspaper asked the avant-garde writer Lispector to write a weekly column on any topic she wished. For almost seven years, Lispector showed Brazilian readers just how vast and passionate her interests were… Indeed, these columns should establish her as being among the era's most brilliant essayists. She is masterful, even reminiscent of Montaigne, in her ability to spin the mundane events of life into moments of clarity that reveal greater truths. Superb, wonderfully obsessed with exuberance and what it unlocks and reveals.
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“Fascinating in its enigmatic yet intimate character, this collection contains Clarice's chronicles and commentary on everything from naming dogs, chasing after taxis, travelling (physically and metaphysically), watching soccer and drinking coffee, writing letters and seeing (or trying to see or trying to avoid) friends, conversing with God, conversing with her sons, smelling roses, voicing her anxieties on writing and living, to dreaming of scenarios and making scenarios out of dreams.
So perhaps for Clarice, there's always "too much of life" but never enough living to fill it. I know at least for me, it- I mean the book- is accessible and sometimes funny and somewhat comforting and always beautiful.”
About Clarice Lispector
Clarice Lispector (1920–1977), 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 century’s most mysterious writers” (Orhan Pamuk).
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