Tales of desire and madness from this giant of Brazilian literature... Zobraziť viac
The publication of Clarice Lispector's Collected Stories, eighty-five in all, is a major literary event. Now, for the first time in English, are all the stories that made her a Brazilian legend: from teenagers coming into awareness of their... Zobraziť viac
"That woman who killed the fish unfortunately is me," begins the title story, but "if it were my fault, I'd own up to you, since I don't lie to boys and girls... Zobraziť viac
The things I've learned from taxi drivers would be enough to fill a book... Zobraziť viac
Clarice Lispector's sensational, prize-winning debut novel Near to the Wild Heart was published when she was just twenty-three and earned her the name 'Hurricane Clarice'. It tells the story of Joana, from her wild, creative childhood, as... Zobraziť viac
Tales of desire and madness from this giant of Brazilian literature... Zobraziť viac
Thirteen short tales from one of the most blistering and innovative writers of the twentieth century... Zobraziť viac
Martim, believing that he has committed a murder, flees the city and escapes into the night. Wandering through the vastness of nature he arrives, in a state of fear and wonder, at a remote ranch run by two women... Zobraziť viac
This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the moments that make up a life... Zobraziť viac
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'One of the hidden geniuses of the twentieth century' - Colm Tóibín A housewife’s life is shattered by a sudden epiphany. A simple tale of killing cockroaches fragments into multiple narratives... Zobraziť viac
Lucrécia Neves is vain, unreflective, insolently superficial, almost mute. She may have no inner life at all. As she morphs from small-town girl to worldly wife of a rich man, and her small home town surrenders to the forces of progress, ... Zobraziť viac
G H, a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black, dusty, prehistoric - crawling out of the wardrobe... Zobraziť viac
This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the moments that make up a life... Zobraziť viac
