G.H.
The secret of power was power, the secret of love was love — and the jewel of the world is an opaque piece of thing.
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10 December 1920–09 December 1977
Also known as Lispector, Clarice., Lispector, Clarise Lispector, Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector, חיה פּינקאַסיװנאַ ליספּעקטאָר, Хая Пінкасівна Ліспектор, Helen Palmer, Teresa Quadros
Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian writer acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories. Her most famous works include the stories of Family Ties (Laços de Família), The Passion According to G.H. (A Paixão Segundo G.H.), and what is arguably her masterpiece, Água Viva. (Please see more in
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The secret of power was power, the secret of love was love — and the jewel of the world is an opaque piece of thing.
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The figure of the idiot as an exposer/enlightener through her continued exploitation by others (French : la bonne poire)
Metafictional "cheap tearjerker" about a destitute Brazilian girl. She suffers, she dies. Sorry. But, she draws strength from her own misery, her bad luck nourishes her internal contentedness. Her own naivety (or interiority?) is her escape from the crush of…
…ey almost felt like being under the influence are @Gravity's Rainbow, @Ice, and @The passion according to G.H. so if that's your thing this is a must read. Parts of it reminded me of @Ungeduld des Herzens (Beware of Pity) too. Although it's a very sh…
a major obstacle in my understanding of TRUE LITERATURE is that i'm just not all that bright. when i asked around for lispector recommendations, i was told the hour of the star is a good short choice for beginners (read: midwits such as myself) i found i had…
At such moments, she would pretend that she was running along corridors clutching a doll to her chest and chasing a ball with much laughter and amusement. Her laughter was terrifying because it belonged to the past and it was only revived by a malign imaginat…