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Near to the Wild Heart

byClarice Lispector

Who is this book for? Readers interested in introspective and character-driven narratives, particularly those exploring themes of identity and self-discovery.

Topics IdentitySelf-Discovery
MoodReflective
Female protagonist
RomanceMinor Subplot
Near to the Wild Heart, published in Rio de Janeiro in 1943, introduced Brazil to what one writer called 'Hurricane Clarice': a twenty-three-year-old girl who wrote her first book in a tiny rented room and then baptized it with a title taken from Joyce: 'He was alone, unheeded, near to the wild heart of life.' The book was an unprecedented sensation - the discovery of a genius. Narrative epiphanies and interior monologue frame the life of Joana, from her middle-class childhood through her unhappy marriage and its dissolution to transcendence, when she proclaims: 'I shall arise as strong and comely as a young colt.'

Language

en

Published on

13/06/2012

Pages

220

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780811220026

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