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A review by nathansnook
The Woman Who Killed the Fish by Clarice Lispector
3.0
READING VLOG
Imagine this, yes, a Lispector book for children. Yes, that’s right. She believes in the great mystery that is within them. She sees curiosity and wonder as living beings in these new lives, her children.
Here is a collection of stories about rabbits, chickens, and even roaches. Love for the roach blossoms here as much as it did in The Passion According to GH.
Here her language is playful, ever-shifting, allowing the child to let their mind roam in dreamscapes and laughter. In pleasure, they learn how animals navigate the world, how much different it is for a mortal. Already, she prepares the child for different narratives, different consciences. And this is how the child is ready. Ready enough to be given an egg and knows to be gentle with it, a world, birth, and, of course, food. Lispector understands that a child knows more than an adult. And Lispector knows how to bring an adult back to childhood understanding and compassion.
Imagine this, yes, a Lispector book for children. Yes, that’s right. She believes in the great mystery that is within them. She sees curiosity and wonder as living beings in these new lives, her children.
Here is a collection of stories about rabbits, chickens, and even roaches. Love for the roach blossoms here as much as it did in The Passion According to GH.
Here her language is playful, ever-shifting, allowing the child to let their mind roam in dreamscapes and laughter. In pleasure, they learn how animals navigate the world, how much different it is for a mortal. Already, she prepares the child for different narratives, different consciences. And this is how the child is ready. Ready enough to be given an egg and knows to be gentle with it, a world, birth, and, of course, food. Lispector understands that a child knows more than an adult. And Lispector knows how to bring an adult back to childhood understanding and compassion.