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paul_viaf's review against another edition
5.0
Initially envy, then anger, draped me. Anger at the notion that I had not been introduced sooner. Robbed of the fact that I could’ve read this so long ago. Anger at the boom which bangs in the mind & echoes through the heart. Where are her tributary busts? Why is she not in some auspicious canon? Where has the label mastermind escaped to that it should not be engraved in every place her name is mentioned? Genius. If I have ever come across such an entity, let it be known that one resides here, in this place, in her name. Transcendent, the word is flung about ad nauseam & yet almost absent is her name in such classifications. Am I hypnotized by folly or are so many hearts blind to the divine word. A strong brew of romanticism with clarity. It wakes me up. This new world. This new language. I am in awe. Each line littered with aphorisms as if an omnipotent being researching the inner confines & the outer atmospheres of this world of tight quarters was explored. She digs stealthily through the writhing organs of life & extracts the fine contingencies which lie their beating without the knowledge of the host. Rarely do I crumble in awe of the talents of many writers. This is such an occasion. An infatuation has been built. So few times have I experienced a writer of this caliber. Innovative eclectic subject matter. Her original form. Unique voice. Extreme intellectualism. She delves far beyond the superficialities of her characters & gets to the heart of their psychological makeup in this fashion the reader can almost hear & feel the minds & hearts of her characters pulse against your fingertips & far into the depths of your ears. They tremble as perfect examples of imperfection compiled richly of all the inadequacies humanity has to offer. Displaying an exuberant range. I am enamored, intoxicated, bewitched. I surrender. I am both mesmerized & furious. She has me swaying from polar opposites like Salieri in the inaccurate Amadeus. Swooning in euphoria to crumbling under the weight of my contempt. Her voice slices as a shining beacon through the cacophony of books & authors which bombard the modern reader. In a world which I believe focuses too much on winners & losers, Lispector clearly rises above many other to prove both author & reader as winners, if not champions of highest treasures. Her superiority can be divided into contributing halves that spew over the typical hundred percentile threshold. I give her envy. I give her worship. Indeed I have not been as mesmerized or as envious since the days long ago when I first picked up a writhing Rimbaud. I have not experienced such introspection & accuracy at divulging the intricacies of the human animal as since I became acquainted with Camus. I give her all the adulation a man can give to a fellow being. A being whose heights I seek to touch. It is quite the feat for me to describe with accuracy the type of genius encapsulated in this woman. It has been without a doubt one of the greatest literary experiences of my life.
floralfox's review
2.0
It took me a year to get through this (relatively small) collection.
A year.
I mean, sometimes I misplaced it, yeah, but it's dense, it's no easy thing to just flip along and read. I'll be honest. I still had like 15 pages left but I was so tired of it.
I like Lispector a lot. I read Hour of the Star and fell in love. And I thought the first half of this collection was more entertaining than the second, bt by now I hardly remember it. I was glad I got a used copy; there were some insightful notes in the margins. I think I would've done better going through this collection in a class setting where I was forced to sit and analyze things.
Lispector has a magnificent way with words, I think I just prefer her novel structures.
A year.
I mean, sometimes I misplaced it, yeah, but it's dense, it's no easy thing to just flip along and read. I'll be honest. I still had like 15 pages left but I was so tired of it.
I like Lispector a lot. I read Hour of the Star and fell in love. And I thought the first half of this collection was more entertaining than the second, bt by now I hardly remember it. I was glad I got a used copy; there were some insightful notes in the margins. I think I would've done better going through this collection in a class setting where I was forced to sit and analyze things.
Lispector has a magnificent way with words, I think I just prefer her novel structures.
juli_maira's review against another edition
5.0
Gracias a esa librera del stand de Corregidor que me sugirió arrancar con Clarice por acá antes de La hora de la estrella. Te amo Clarice.
booksmeover's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
socorrobaptista's review against another edition
5.0
Foi quase uma releitura, pois alguns dos contos eu já conhecia, mas é sempre um prazer ler ou reler Clarice Lispector. São contos curtos, mas não é uma leitura simples e direta. Lispector sempre nos leva além. Cada conto é um universo próprio, sempre instigante.
igormdemiranda's review against another edition
5.0
Uou. Mais uma vez, Clarice surge arrebatadora com os seus contos. Como disse na resenha de 'Laços de Família', acredito que é nesse estilo que a sua narrativa ganha mais força. Rápido. Categórico. Inesquecível. Como aqueles pequenos eventos que chocam e expões personagens Claricianos em tantos de seus escritos.
"Sobretudo a moça já começara a não sentir prazer em ser condecorada com o título de homem ao menor sinal que apresentava de... de ser uma pessoa".
É quase impossível escolher um favorito entre os 13 contos formadores de 'A Legião Estrangeira', mas eu vou tentar: 'Os Desastres de Sofia', 'A Mensagem', 'Viagem a Petrópolis', 'Evolução de uma Miopia' e 'Os Obedientes'.
"Foi apenas como se ele tivesse tirado os óculos, e a miopia mesmo é que o fizesse enxergar. Talvez tenha sido a partir de então que pegou um hábito para o resto da vida: cada vez que a confusão aumentava e ele enxergava pouco, tirava os óculos sob o pretexto de limpá-los e, sem óculos, fitava o interlocutor com uma fixidez reverberada de cego."
Temas recorrentes se encontram ali por todos os lados: a solidão, a maternidade, fragmentos de religiosidade, a descoberta dos personagens sobre a própria humanidade e a ausência dela — e é nele que a famosa barata de 'A Paixão Segundo G.H' surge pela primeira vez.
"Sobretudo a moça já começara a não sentir prazer em ser condecorada com o título de homem ao menor sinal que apresentava de... de ser uma pessoa".
É quase impossível escolher um favorito entre os 13 contos formadores de 'A Legião Estrangeira', mas eu vou tentar: 'Os Desastres de Sofia', 'A Mensagem', 'Viagem a Petrópolis', 'Evolução de uma Miopia' e 'Os Obedientes'.
"Foi apenas como se ele tivesse tirado os óculos, e a miopia mesmo é que o fizesse enxergar. Talvez tenha sido a partir de então que pegou um hábito para o resto da vida: cada vez que a confusão aumentava e ele enxergava pouco, tirava os óculos sob o pretexto de limpá-los e, sem óculos, fitava o interlocutor com uma fixidez reverberada de cego."
Temas recorrentes se encontram ali por todos os lados: a solidão, a maternidade, fragmentos de religiosidade, a descoberta dos personagens sobre a própria humanidade e a ausência dela — e é nele que a famosa barata de 'A Paixão Segundo G.H' surge pela primeira vez.
canadiantiquarian's review
5.0
Reading Lispector is exhilarating. Hers is a stream of consciousness not about blurting everything on paper, immediate and unkempt -- but about finding the humanity and interior by letting herself muse about and follow the obvious and disparate connections her mind would make. She is, at once, whimsical and intellectual, cold and empathetic.
The stories in this collection -- and her work as a whole -- deal with 1900s womanhood in a thoughtfully fierce way. There is passion, power, and life to her stories -- talent that should have firmly placed her among the literary stars of her time.
The stories in this collection -- and her work as a whole -- deal with 1900s womanhood in a thoughtfully fierce way. There is passion, power, and life to her stories -- talent that should have firmly placed her among the literary stars of her time.
fabycamurugy's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0