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“And now — now it only remains for me to light a cigarette and go home. Dear God, only now am I remembering that people die. Does that include me? Don’t forget, in the meantime, that this is the season for strawberries. Yes.”
— Clarice Lispector

Nobody reads…
In English (Amazon links):
The Hour of the Star
Near to the Wild Heart
Passion According to G.H.
Selected Cronicas
Family Ties
Stream of Life
Soulstorm
The Foreign Legion
The Apple in the Dark
An Apprenticeship or the Book of Delights
Discovering the World
The Besieged City
Also see: The House of Memory: Stories by Jewish Women Writers of Latin America, Oxford Anthology of the Brazilian Short Story, Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real
and Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector 
9/30/2011 update: New Directions is reissuing her books with new translations! With covers by Paul Sahre:

“And now — now it only remains for me to light a cigarette and go home. Dear God, only now am I remembering that people die. Does that include me?
Don’t forget, in the meantime, that this is the season for strawberries. Yes.”

Clarice Lispector

Nobody reads…

In English (Amazon links):

Also see: The House of Memory: Stories by Jewish Women Writers of Latin America, Oxford Anthology of the Brazilian Short Story, Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real

and Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector 

9/30/2011 update: New Directions is reissuing her books with new translations! With covers by Paul Sahre:

(via mudwerks)

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  1. kaelsorrow reblogged this from thatsmeinthecorner and added:
    Nossa, essa citação fica muito ruim em inglês =/
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    Que sensação estranha ver a Clarice aqui, rs.
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    I read. I think people should read...work is lovely. Not to mention she herself.
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    Nobody reads… In English (Amazon links): The Hour of the Star Near to the Wild Heart Passion According to G.H. Selected...
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