A review by canadiantiquarian
The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector
5.0
When writing about Lispector's style, many discuss its magic, lyrical nature, strangeness... But what really stands out is how alive and bright it is. She writes of the female and human experience like her contemporaries, but with a vibrancy not seen in the writing that generally breaks into the 20th century boys' club of It writing and writers.
As I wrote of one of the story collections also included in this book:
"Reading Lispector is exhilarating. Hers is a stream of consciousness not about blurting everything on paper, immediate and unkempt -- but about finding the humanity and interior by letting herself muse about and follow the obvious and disparate connections her mind would make. She is, at once, whimsical and intellectual, cold and empathetic.
The stories in this collection -- and her work as a whole -- deal with 1900s womanhood in a thoughtfully fierce way. There is passion, power, and life to her stories -- talent that should have firmly placed her among the literary stars of her time."
As I wrote of one of the story collections also included in this book:
"Reading Lispector is exhilarating. Hers is a stream of consciousness not about blurting everything on paper, immediate and unkempt -- but about finding the humanity and interior by letting herself muse about and follow the obvious and disparate connections her mind would make. She is, at once, whimsical and intellectual, cold and empathetic.
The stories in this collection -- and her work as a whole -- deal with 1900s womanhood in a thoughtfully fierce way. There is passion, power, and life to her stories -- talent that should have firmly placed her among the literary stars of her time."