Near to the Wild Heart
Hardback Published on: 22/07/2027; Language: English, Portuguese (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £16.99
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Near to the Wildheart
This isn't the easiest book to read but it is certainly worthwhile. Near to the Wild Heart will draw you in to keep reading with the Clarice Lispector's br... READ MORE
A wonderfully descriptive introspective
Although not the easiest book to read, what makes you continue is the beautiful language and descriptive voice. Clarice Lispector has managed to put down o... READ MORE
Intriguing
According to the introduction, Lispector herself worried that Near to the Wild Heart was “more a pile of notes than a full-fledged novel”, and I’ll admit i... READ MORE
Near to the Wildheart
Near to the Wild Heart is an amazing stream-of-consciousness style novel that darts about through the interior, emotional life of a woman (who seems to hav... READ MORE
An astounding story following a woman’s journey through a world of womanhood, heartbreak, truths, and whether any of us truly know who we are.
Near to the Wild Heart is an astounding story following a woman’s journey through a world of womanhood, heartbreak, truths, and whether any of us truly kno... READ MORE
Synopsis
Clarice Lispector's sensational, prize-winning debut novel Near to the Wild Heart was published when she was 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 Otávio and on to her decision to make her own way in the world. As Joana, endlessly mutable, moves through different emotional states, this impressionistic, dreamlike and fiercely intelligent novel asks if any of us ever really know who we are.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241814826
- Number of pages: 192
- Dimensions: 204 x 132 x 25 mm
- Weight: 500g
- Languages: English, Portuguese (Original language of a translated text)
Customer Reviews
View allDescriptive but rambling
I didn't enjoy this book. It was highly imaginative and descriptive but by the end of it I still didn't know what it was about. I found it wandering and it... READ MORE
For lovers of a literary challenge
Clarice Lispector is a completely new name to me, so I had no pre-conceived ideas about her writing. 'Near to the Wild Heart' left me slightly confused. Th... READ MORE
Full concentration needed
"Near to the Wild Heart" - the first novel of Clarice Lispector originally published in 1943. This was an award-winning novel, her debut, from the Ukrainia... READ MORE
Stream of consciosness novel
People who enjoy Woolf, Faulkner, Beckett and Joyce will enjoy this novel. Lispector has her own clear use of language and style. She uses this to give ins... READ MORE
Beautiful imagery but not an easy read
Although the language creates wonderful imagery the narrative is jerky even allowing for the stream of consciousness style and the narration shifting back ... READ MORE
wow wow wow
I'm not entirely sure what I have just read yet I was completely mesmerised from the beginning to the end of 'Near to the Wild Heart'. So beautiful and pro... READ MORE