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Feb 22, 2017
Antonomasia
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1986 translation by Giovanni Pontiero
[4.5] Camp verbal high drama of the greatest sincerity [see Susan Sontag's 'Notes on Camp' re. significance of sincerity] transforms the potentially infuriating framing device of a fussy amateur writer, and the abject slum-life of his main character, into quite glorious fireworks.
What a difference a translation makes! Not for the first time of course, but somehow it took experience to remind me just how much. I never could get into Robert Baldick's version o ...more
[4.5] Camp verbal high drama of the greatest sincerity [see Susan Sontag's 'Notes on Camp' re. significance of sincerity] transforms the potentially infuriating framing device of a fussy amateur writer, and the abject slum-life of his main character, into quite glorious fireworks.
What a difference a translation makes! Not for the first time of course, but somehow it took experience to remind me just how much. I never could get into Robert Baldick's version o ...more
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Around the World challenge: Brazil
First line: "All the world began with a yes."
This is a story within a story about a miserable writer trying to put into words the story of a miserable girl he saw or imagined and his attempts in showcasing his prose abilities and highlighting the suffering of this girl and her miserable life. The details of this girl's life seems to be derived a lot from Clarcice Lispector's own life, so it could be semi-biographical in a way. I ...more
Around the World challenge: Brazil
First line: "All the world began with a yes."
This is a story within a story about a miserable writer trying to put into words the story of a miserable girl he saw or imagined and his attempts in showcasing his prose abilities and highlighting the suffering of this girl and her miserable life. The details of this girl's life seems to be derived a lot from Clarcice Lispector's own life, so it could be semi-biographical in a way. I ...more
Agarrava-se a um fiapo de consciência e repetia mentalmente sem cessar: eu sou, eu sou, eu sou. Quem era, é que não sabia. (...) O destino de uma mulher é ser mulher.
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