The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector s mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door crushing the cockroach and then watches it die. At the end of the novel, at the height of a spiritual crisis, comes the most famous and most genuinely shocking scene in Brazilian literature
Lispector wrote that of all her works this novel was the one that best corresponded to her demands as a writer. "
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The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector s mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door crushing the cockroach and then watches it die. At the end of the novel, at the height of a spiritual crisis, comes the most famous and most genuinely shocking scene in Brazilian literature
Lispector wrote that of all her works this novel was the one that best corresponded to her demands as a writer. "
Imprint | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | June 2012 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | June 2012 |
Authors | Clarice Lispector |
Introduction by | Caetano Veloso |
Translators | Idra Novey |
Dimensions | 206 x 132 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 220 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8112-1968-6 |
Barcode | 9780811219686 |
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LSN | 0-8112-1968-2 |