* Clarice Lispector - Novels, Short Stories, and Journalism (20 books)
CLARICE LISPECTOR (1920–1977) was an internationally acclaimed Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short-story writer, one of Brazil’s most important literary figures and considered to be among the greatest women writers of the 20th century.
Lispector achieved international fame with innovative, idiosyncratic works that depict a highly personal, almost existentialist view of the human dilemma, and explore a variety of narrative styles with themes of intimacy and introspection. Notoriously difficult to translate, they are written in a prose style characterized by a simple vocabulary and elliptical sentence structure. In contrast to the regional or national social concerns expressed by many of her Brazilian contemporaries, Lispector's artistic vision transcends time and place; her characters, in elemental situations of crisis, are frequently female and only incidentally modern or Brazilian.
While in law school in Rio, Lispector began publishing her first journalistic work and short stories, catapulting to fame at the age of 23 with the publication of her first novel, NEAR TO THE WILD HEART (1944), written as an interior monologue in a style and language that was considered revolutionary in Brazil, and winning critical acclaim for its sensitive interpretation of adolescence. In her later works, such as THE APPLE IN THE DARK (1961), THE PASSION ACCORDING TO G.H. (1964), ÁGUA VIVA / THE STREAM OF LIFE (1973), THE HOUR OF THE STAR (1977), and A BREATH OF LIFE (1978), her characters, alienated and searching for meaning in life, gradually gain a sense of awareness of themselves and accept their place in an arbitrary, yet eternal, universe.
It is said Lispector’s finest prose is found in her short stories. Collections such as FAMILY TIES (1960) and THE FOREIGN LEGION (1964) focus on personal moments of revelation in the everyday lives of the protagonists and the lack of meaningful communication among individuals in a contemporary urban setting. Her newly reissued COMPLETE STORIES (2018) covers her entire amazing career, from her teenage years to her deathbed. Its editor, Benjamin Moser, describes Lispector as the most important Jewish writer in the world since Kafka.
The following books are in ePub format unless otherwise noted:
== NOVELS ==
* A Breath of Life [tr. Lorenz] (New Directions, 2012)
* A Breath of Life [tr. Lorenz] (Penguin, 2014)
* Água Viva [tr. Tobler] (New Directions, 2012)
* Água Viva [tr. Tobler] (Penguin, 2014)
* An Apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures [tr. Tobler] (New Directions, 2021)
* An Apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures [tr. Tobler] (Penguin, 2021)
* The Apple in the Dark [tr. Rabassa] (Texas, 1986) – PDF
* The Besieged City [tr. Lorenz] (New Directions, 2019)
* The Besieged City [tr. Lorenz] (Penguin, 2019)
* The Chandelier [tr. Moser & Edwards) (New Directions, 2018)
* The Chandelier [tr. Moser & Edwards) (Penguin, 2018)
* The Hour of the Star [tr. Moser] (New Directions, 2020)
* The Hour of the Star [tr. Moser] (Penguin, 2014)
* The Hour of the Star [tr. Pontiero] (New Directions, 1992) – PDF
* Near to the Wild Heart [tr. Entrekin] (New Directions, 2012)
* Near to the Wild Heart [tr. Pontiero] (New Directions, 1990) – PDF
* The Passion According to G.H. [tr. Novey] (New Directions, 2012)
* The Passion According to G.H. [tr. Sousa] (1988)
== SHORT STORIES ==
* Collected Stories [tr. Dodson] (Penguin, 2015)
* Complete Stories [tr. Dodson] (New Directions, 2015)
* Family Ties [tr. Pontiero] (Texas, 1972) – PDF
* The Foreign Legion [tr. Pontiero] (New Directions, 1992) – PDF
* Soulstorm [tr. Levitin] (New Directions, 1989) – PDF
== FOR CHILDREN ==
* The Woman Who Killed the Fish [tr. Moser] (Storybook, 2022)
== JOURNALISM & SHORTER PIECES ==
* Selected Crônicas [tr. Pontiero] (New Directions, 1996)
* Too Much of Life: Complete Chronicles (Penguin, 2022)
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