Clarice Lispector: Near to the Wild Heart (Penguin Modern Classics) [2014] paperback FCULT And the effects can last

And the effects can last a lifetime

high in the Hollywood Hills

Translated by R

until she finds a way to escape reality altogether

Clarice Lispector: Near to the Wild Heart (Penguin Modern Classics) [2014] paperback FCULT And the effects can lastClarice Lispector's sensational, prize winning debut novel Near to the Wild Heart was published when she was just twenty three and earned her the name 'Hurricane Clarice'. It tells the story of Joana, from her wild, creative childhood, as the 'little egg' who writes poems for her father, through her marriage to the faithless Otavio and on to her decision to make her own way in the world. As Joana, endlessly mutable, moves through different emotional