| Selected Cronicas Contributor(s): Lispector, Clarice (Author), Pontiero, Giovanni (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0811213404 ISBN-13: 9780811213400 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 869.4 |
| LCCN: 96023768 |
| Series: New Directions Paperbook |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.22" W x 7.99" (0.54 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. This beautifully translated collection of selected columns, or crônicas, is just as immediately stimulating today and ably reinforces her reputation as one of Brazil's greatest writers. 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.--Publishers Weekly |
Contributor Bio(s): Lispector, Clarice: - 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 "a truly remarkable writer" (Jonathan Franzen). "Her images dazzle even when her meaning is most obscure," noted the Times Literary Supplement, "and when she is writing of what she despises, she is lucidity itself."Pontiero, Giovanni: - Giovanni Pontiero (1932-1996) was the ablest translator of twentieth century literature in Portuguese and one of its most ardent advocates. He was the principal translator into English of the works of José Saramago and was awarded the Teixeira-Gomes Prize for his translation of The Gospel According to Jesus Christ. |