A Breath of Life: Pulsations
A Breath of Life: Pulsations
A Breath of Life: Pulsations
Description
Description
A mystical dialogue between a male author (a thinly disguised Clarice Lispector) and his/her creation, a woman named Angela, this posthumous work has never before been translated. Lispector did not even live to see it published.
At her death, a mountain of fragments remained to be "structured" by Olga Borelli. These fragments form a dialogue between a god-like author who infuses the breath of life into his creation: the speaking, breathing, dying creation herself, Angela Pralini. The work's almost occult appeal arises from the perception that if Angela dies, Clarice will have to die as well. And she did.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Both dazzling and difficult.-- "San Francisco Chronicle" (6/14/2012 12:00:00 AM)
The raw, demanding pace and the dialogic form of A Breath of Life provoke an urgent meditation on life, self, and time. In fact, reading this novel may be a form of meditation.-- "Full Stop"
I had a sort of missionary urge with her...but I started thinking, even when I was 19: How can I help this person reach the prominence she deserves?--Benjamin Moser "San Francisco Chronicle" (6/14/2012 12:00:00 AM)
One of 20th-century Brazil's most intriguing and mystifying writers.-- "The L Magazine" (6/14/2012 12:00:00 AM)
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub date:
2012-06-13
Length:
220 pages
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