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A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector

kostopoulos2000's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

bill369's review against another edition

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5.0

viz anotace

nogardens's review against another edition

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4.0

“wanting to understand is one of the worst things that could happen to me.”

“i distilled myself entirely: im like clear rainwater

quint-essence.

transfiguration.”

“when i say i love you, i am loving me in you.

im not relative im infinite thats why in each being i reflect myself in each being i encounter myself.”


“i am my unnerving ghost” :(

aliyatrvd's review against another edition

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4.0

so well written

emilyconstance's review

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5.0

I need to go lie down...

whirrgirl's review against another edition

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4.5

I seek disorder, I seek the primitive state of chaos. That is where I feel myself living. I need the darkness that implores, the receptivity of the most primary forms of wanting.

i’m always so enamored with her prose. i love her and wish to have tea with her though im more of a coffee person.

kayakiwikaya's review against another edition

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4.75

Rip Clarice Lispector you would have love finishing this book

lmont's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Lispectors final work is oneiric and fictionally idionsyncratic. A conversation of an author and his character never meeting, coexisting and sharing a single distressingly beautiful prose. For those with a penchant for philosophy - Lispector is a deep dive into what it means to live, and the two halves which all humankind possess.

lyrabuttonn's review against another edition

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5.0

‘i asked god to give angela a cancer she could not get rid of because she doesnt have the courage to kill herself’
wow identity god words and melancholy reveries clarice lispector is beyond words omg <\3

angie_sktk's review against another edition

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3.0

3,5⭐