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The Passion According to G.H. | Clarice Lispector

A woman, G.H., in a Rio de Janeiro apartment goes into her maid's room after she has quit. She finds only a strange drawing on the wall & a cockroach in a cabinet. What follows is a monologue that is in turns mesmerizing, baffling, luminous, unsettling & mystical. An unforgettable experience.
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merelybookish Still haven't read anything by Lispector, although I mean to! 10mo

sarahbarnes What @merelybookish said! I‘ve been wanting to read something by her for a long time. 10mo

BarbaraBB I‘m in awe. I found this a difficult book to read. 10mo

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vivastory @merelybookish @sarahbarnes This is a short read, but at times perplexing. I've read a few of Lispector's works & it's my favorite. I also really liked Hour of the Star 10mo

vivastory @BarbaraBB I didn't get all of it, I plan on revisiting it at some point. Def an experience! 10mo

BarbaraBB I enjoyed Hour of the Star too! 10mo

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erzascarletbookgasm

The Passion According to G.H. | Clarice Lispector

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My 1st Lispector is unlike any novel I‘ve read. The whole book is the interior monologue of the main character, who seems to be on existential crisis as she muses on identity, death, religion,etc. Her complex philosophical ideas on life are perplexing to me; her thoughts are often contradictory & hard to follow, yet hypnotic. Not a book for everyone. For it being hypnotic & provocative merely from an encounter with a cockroach, it‘s not a ‘pan‘.

BarbaraBB I think I didn‘t get this book.. I had no idea what I was reading 13mo

Suet624 @BarbaraBB Hahaha. Love your comment. 13mo

erzascarletbookgasm @BarbaraBB I didn‘t get it either 😂. I almost bailed but I was amused with her ‘ramblings‘ and wondered where it was all going…nowhere! 13mo

BarbaraBB Nowhere 🤣🤣 13mo

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Augustdana

Near to the Wild Heart | Clarice Lispector, Alison Entrekin, Benjamin Moser

I‘ve been in quite the slump lately. Just finished one, and really enjoying this too! Hope this slump is over!

CatLass007 Slumps are no fun. I‘m in hopes that your slump is over. 14mo

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pdxannie

Dom Casmurro | Machado de Assis

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I can‘t believe Dom Casmurro was written in 1899. It‘s brilliant. I read the translation by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson.

birdie_gw You read so fast! I have to translate every word to my minds eye. Makes me slow I think. 1y

pdxannie I don‘t read fast it‘s just all I did this weekend hahah! 1y

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Dilara

Mort et vie s�v�rine: �dition bilingue | Jo�o Cabral de Melo Neto

People will think I am obsessed w/ cribs. I swear I'm not! I didn't know when I started this book that it was a kind of riff on nativity plays. It tells the story of Severino, a poor dispossessed peasant who follows the river to try his luck in Recife. All he finds along the way is death and poverty. And a carpenter called José who's just had a child. It is a Brazilian classic & deservedly so. A play in verse that's deep, moving, powerful.
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Dilara I don't think the full play is available in print in English, but there are numerous videoed staged versions, including musicals (music by Chico Buarque), at least 1 movie (w/ an Emmy Award) & 1 animated film available on Youtube with subtitles (possibly automatic - but that's better than nothing).
Link to the most famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF_YGEAeQgw

The French translation is v. readable & immersive, the intro is invaluable. 1y

Ruthiella Your creche looks very much like the one I grew up with. 1y

Dilara @Ruthiella A classic design 😁 1y

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