Clarice Lispector
Ukrainian-Brazilian writer whose novels and stories transformed Brazilian literature with their phenomenological intensity and mystical introspection. The Passion According to G.H. is her masterpiece, a terrifying account of a woman's encounter with a cockroach and with the void. She has become a cult figure worldwide.
Works
- The Passion According to G.H.Brazilian existential novel of woman's spiritual awakening through crushing encounter with beetle
- The Hour of the StarBrazilian novella of poor typist's mortality and human despair in urban São Paulo
- Near to the Wild HeartBrazilian modernist novel of woman's stream-of-consciousness awakening to selfhood
- The Apple in the DarkBrazilian novel of mysterious criminal and woman's moral discovery in dark night
- Family TiesBrazilian novella exploring family bonds and transformative psychological relationships