The Complete Stories

Hardcover, 650 pages

Published Aug. 4, 2015 by New Directions.

ISBN:: 978-0-8112-1963-1

(2 reviews)

The recent publication by New Directions of five Lispector novels revealed to legions of new readers her darkness and dazzle. Now, for the first time in English, are all the stories that made her a Brazilian legend: from teenagers coming into awareness of their sexual and artistic powers to humdrum housewives whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies to old people who don’t know what to do with themselves. Lispector’s stories take us through their lives—and ours.

From one of the greatest modern writers, these stories, gathered from the nine collections published during her lifetime, follow an unbroken time line of success as a writer, from her adolescence to her death bed.

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matt reviewed The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector

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4 stars

Perhaps I should have started with a novel.

It took me a very long time to finish this collection, partly because it was easy to pick up and put down, but also because I found it difficult to read through. Lispector is not very welcoming - her stories all felt a little cynical and a little cold, even a little mean. Compounded with the sharp, excellent prose, the whole package was occasionally unsettling and intense.

Niklas

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Aug. 28, 2015