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A Breath of Life

By Clarice Lispector
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector explores the intricate relationship between an author and their creation, personified through a dialogue between a male narrator and his fictional female character, Angela. The narrative dives into themes of existence, consciousness, and creativity, offering a profound meditation on life and art in Lispector's distinctively poetic style.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy introspective and philosophical narratives that delve into the complexities of existence, creation, and identity. Lispector's work offers a fascinating exploration of an author and their character in a unique meta-fictional dialogue, providing an engaging and thought-provoking reading experience.

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A Breath of Life

Written in agony, this book features elegiac meditation on the creation of life, and of art.

A Breath of Life is Clarice Lispector's last published novel, 'written in agony'. Sensual and mysterious, it is a mystical dialogue between a god-like author and the creation he breathes life into- the speaking, shifting, indefinable Angela Pralini.

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A sensational and mystical novel from one of the 20th century's greatest modernist writers.

A Breath of Life is Clarice Lispector's final novel, "written in agony," which she did not live to see published. Sensual and mysterious, it is a mystical dialogue between a god-like author and the creation he breathes life into—the speaking, shifting, indefinable Angela Pralini. As he has created Angela, so, eventually, he must let her die, for life is merely "a kind of madness that death makes." This is a unique, elegiac meditation on the creation of life, and of art.

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A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector is described as endlessly resonant, with dazzling imagery that captivates readers. The novel showcases Lispector's unique ability to write with originality and freshness as if she were the first to ever pen such thoughts. It is regarded as a thrilling read, engaging its audience with an innovative narrative style.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141197371

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 February 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Johnny Lorenz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 148g

Pages: 192

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Clarice Lispector Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Clarice Lispector (Author) Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian novelist and short-story writer. Her innovation in fiction brought her international renown. She was born in the Ukraine in 1920, but in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Civil War, the family fled to Romania and eventually Brazil. She published her first novel, Near to the Wildheart, in 1943, when she was just twenty-three, and the next year was awarded the Gra a Aranha Prize for the best first novel. She died in 1977, shortly after the publication of her final novel, The Hour of the Star.

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