Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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@nathansnook & I reunite to talk about our experience reading Clarice Lispector's novels: her atomic introspection, cosmic charisma & idiosyncratic style ✨

Previously in the series "Nathan & Sophie talk about Clarice": youtube.com/watch?v=S83AYaS_GaQ

Lispector’s novels:
Perto do Coração Selvagem (1943) —
Near to the Wild Heart (trans. 1990 by Giovanni Pontiero; 2012 by Alison Entrekin)

O Lustre (1946) —
The Chandelier (1946) (trans. 2018 by Benjamin Moser and Magdalena Edwards)

A Cidade Sitiada (1949) —
The Besieged City (trans. 2019 by Johnny Lorenz)

A Maçã no Escuro (1961) —
The Apple in the Dark (trans. 1967 by Gregory Rabass; 2023 by Benjamin Moser)

A Paixão Segundo G.H. (1964) —
The Passion According to G.H. (trans. 1988 by Ronald Sousa and 2012 by Idra Novey)

Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres (1969) —
An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures (trans. 1986 by Richard A. Mazzara and Lorri A. Parris; 2021 by Stefan Tobler)

Água viva (1973) —
Água viva (trans. 1978 by Elizabeth Lowe and Earl Fitz as The Stream of Life; 2012 by Stefan Tobler)

A Hora da Estrela (1977) —
The Hour of the Star (trans. 1992 by Giovanni Pontiero; 2011 by Benjamin Moser)
L'Heure de l'étoile (trans. 1985 Marguerite Wünscher)

Um Sopro de Vida (Pulsações) (1978) —
A Breath of Life (trans. 2012 by Johnny Lorenz)
Un souffle de vie (trans. 1998 Teresa Thiériot

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