Clarice Lispector

[Daniel]

Clarice Lispector's The Complete Stories is being published by New Directions in August, and I'm very excited for it already. I've read a few of her stories that were published in The Paris Review a few years ago, but I have no idea what her novels are like. Any tips for a beginner?

[Praj]

I'll be starting my Lispector completion book list come Jan'2015. The first on my list The Passion According to G.H..

Wiki:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_...

[Erik F.]

I wish I could offer more help, but I've read only The Hour of the Star. It's short enough to read in one sitting, but it creates a lasting impact. It may be a good introduction to her other works.

[Proustitute (on hiatus)]

Daniel wrote: "Any tips for a beginner?

Passion According to G.H. is what I always recommend to those first starting out with Lispector's work - and I've come across several others just recently who have also recommended that same text themselves.

[Paul]

Thank you for this! Adding her. I will be saying this a lot. My reading, until recently, mostly consisted of dead authors who were mostly all European men.

[Garima]

I was blown away by the only Lispector I have read so far- Near to the Wild Heart

[Dolors]

Garima wrote: "I was blown away by the only Lispector I have read so far- Near to the Wild Heart"

Ídem here Garima, I am still struggling to grasp Lispector's eternity in succession of impressionistic thoughts that shape identity. Can't recommend that book highly enough!

[Traveller]

Another Lispector wannabe here, but also not sure where to start...

[Luke]

Starting with The Hour of the Star worked out well enough for me. I also have A Breath of Life if anyone wants a reading partner for that one.

[Steve]

Lispector is definitely on my horizon for 2015.

[Traveller]

Paul wrote: "Thank you for this! Adding her. I will be saying this a lot. My reading, until recently, mostly consisted of dead authors who were mostly all European men."

Heh, I call them Dead White Men. :)

[Traveller]

I have Passion According to G.H. and A Breath of Life and near to the Wild Heart and maybe one or 2 more.

So, being a Lispector newbie, I'd be prepared to jump on a wagon - maybe Passion?

[Daniel]

Thanks everyone, I've decided to start with Passion According to G.H. I'll probably start in the next month of two, if anyone is interested in joining me.

[Traveller]

I could do late Feb, perhaps.

[Kris]

She's on my list -- Passion... in late Feb would work for me.

[Daniel]

Late Feb works for me as well! Great!

[Traveller]

Oops, I think I've overloaded my Jan/Feb schedule a bit... er.. would you guys mind moving it on slightly to March? :P

[Daniel]

March would be fine!

[Traveller]

If that's okay with Kris and other interested parties, I could add it for March, then. :)

[Kris]

March is good for me, too.

[Traveller]

Link to the thread for discussion of The Passion According to G.H. : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Added to the schedule for March.

[Bjorn]

Good, long article about Lispector in the New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

This is a record of woman’s entire life, written over the course of a woman’s entire life. As such, it seems to be the first such total record written in fiction, in any language.

[Paul]

Starting The Foreign Legion. So far, it's great!!!

[Paul]

She's shaping up to be one of the best writers I've read in any sex. A love affair has been born.

[Traveller]

Still want to read at least The Passion sometime.....

[Paul]

I want to thanks this group for introducing me to, now, one of my favorite writers. I've written a review on The Foreign Legion. It's basically me fawning over her supreme intellect & literary craftsmanship.

[Ashianeis (Anna Louise Grace)]

This update is really useful, thanks :)