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Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

soraliyn's review

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5.0

probably the most original written work I've ever read and will ever read.

I want to devour it and be lost in this strange dream every night.

kennahxc's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

lettucevin's review

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

cutest's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad

3.75

mo0c's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

signem's review

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Ik kan mij nu niet genoeg concentreren om dit boekje te lezen maar ik kom hierop terug, echt waar beloofd! 

c1nza's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

5.0

spacey_kate's review against another edition

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challenging slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

The moon is gauche. It’s to your left as you go in.

I genuinely get put into a trance about ten pages into this book and instantly fall asleep. It's like magic. While it had beautiful poetic writing and some thought provoking moments, I found a lot of it to be annoying and repetitive.

So writing is the method of using the word as bait: the word fishing for whatever is not word. When this non-word—between the lines— takes the bait, something has been written. Once whatever is between the lines is caught, the word can be tossed away in relief.

pardisishere's review against another edition

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dark reflective slow-paced

5.0

gicalabria's review

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5.0

Não, nunca fui moderna. E acontece o seguinte: quando estranho uma pintura é aí que é pintura. E quando estranho a palavra aí é que ela alcança o sentido. E quando estranho a vida aí é que começa a vida."

É a terceira vez que leio Água Viva e sinto que, independente da quantidade de vezes que visitarei ele no futuro, cada vez conterá novos sentidos e descobertas. Até mesmo pela natureza abstrata e poética das palavras, quase que imagéticas.

Clarice fala muito aqui sobre tentar capturar o instante, a sensação em detrimento do sentido. Dessa vez a leitura me levou bastante ao against interpretation de Sontag - invés da hermenêutica, uma erótica da arte.

Aqui a experiência é direta, e viver Água Viva é em si o sentido do livro; a interpretação varia de acordo com a natureza do leitor. Ele existe por si ao mesmo tempo em que contém todos os elementos para uma infinita criação de sentidos.