A Breath of Life

Clarice Lispector, Johnny Lorenz

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English

Penguin
26 March 2014

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction in translation

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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. 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.

Translated by Johnny Lorenz, with a Preface by Pedro Almodóvar and Benjamin Moser

'Lispector had an ability to write as though no one had ever written before.' Colm Tóibín

'A text that resonates endlessly . . . her images dazzle.' The Times Literary Supplement

By: Clarice Lispector
Translated by: Johnny Lorenz
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 145g
ISBN: 9780141197371
ISBN 10: 0141197374
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 26 March 2014
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for A Breath of Life

A text that resonates endlessly ... her images dazzle * The Times Literary Supplement * Lispector had an ability to write as though no one had ever written before * Colm Tóibín * A thrilling book * Pedro Almodóvar *