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Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

catmcso's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

If you like - stream of consciousness, philosophy, poetry, art, existentialism - then you’ll gain something from this read, and maybe even enjoy it!

This did take me nearly a year to read - picking up and putting down - because it’s so dense. But I have quite a bit highlighted to revisit. I’m sure several sentences will only make sense on the fifteenth pass.

anaorlic's review against another edition

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4.0

Lispector u Meduzi leluja među slojevima svijesti. Nema početka, ni kraja, samo se zavlači za granice tokova misli, izvlačeći svjetlost i tamu na vidjelo. Meduza je ljeskanje koje se ponekad pojavi u kutku mozga, kratki uvid u nešto što nam stalno bježi.

whirrgirl's review against another edition

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5.0

five stars feel extremely insufficient. wow

irmingard's review against another edition

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5.0

И тогда я грущу, просто чтобы отдохнуть. В конце концов, могу даже тихо расплакаться от грусти. А потом встаю и начинаю всё сначала.

Ах, жить — так неуютно. Всё жмет: тело требует, дух не унимается, жить — это как хотеть спать и быть не в состоянии уснуть, жить неудобно. Ни с голым телом не походишь, ни с голым духом.

Хочу умереть живой. Клянусь, что умру, выжав всё что можно из последнего мига, где-то глубоко во мне есть молитва, и я не знаю, когда она родится. Хотелось бы умереть здоровой. Как будто взорваться.

Жаль, если кажется, я не путаница. Я - калейдоскоп: меня завораживают собственные искристые метаморфозы, которые я здесь калейдоскопически фиксирую.

Я не хочу поделиться с тобой идеями, я хочу передать инстинктивное наслаждение тем, что спрятано в природе и что я угадываю.

laurenvandes's review against another edition

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5.0

"what i'm writing to you goes on and i am bewitched" traantjes wtf

mess_egress's review

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

3.5

nullieltres's review against another edition

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5.0

The last word in the book is what I've felt during my whole reading experience. It touches the edges of human existence and in-existence that even the air did not know. This is a pure literature piece that expound what's between the lines and what's on the unconscious mind of a writer that devotes their pen in writing the unknown to known. I'm in awe of its structure—a building that has a vast foundation but create a shadow of a roof and walls. Books like these create their own havens inside my mind that I get to visit whenever I experience something in my reality that is related to it. And I love visiting them, even when my mind flows in void. Probably, the haven of this book in my mind could be my haven too.

cestew's review against another edition

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5.0

i don’t know what to say about this book. maybe that’s the point <3

androgyny's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A

5.0

talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show-stopping, spectacular,

pavram's review against another edition

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4.0

U toku čitanja: ma šta je bre ovo, samo fragmentisana lirika; ok, jes lepo, ali.. gde ovo vodi? šta je poenta? šta me briga za cveće...

Posle čitanja i posle svakodnevnog razmišljanja o pročitanom: Agua Viva je u mnogome roman o pisanju (koje volim-mrzim), ali o pisanju kao načinu života, kao svesnom pristupu svakodnevnici ne samo pisaca već i nas tzv običnih. Ima i filozofskih sličnosti sa Vitgenštajnom i privatnim jezikom, i rekao bih da je to ono što drži inače razbacanu konstrukciju romana celovitom. Pored toga što je pomenuto krasno lirski napisano, Lispektorova (??) bira čudne jezičke konstrukcije, koje engleski prevod takođe uspeva da adekvatno prenese, odbija interpunkciju i time ostvarije neku čudnovato usku širinu. Zanimljiva knjiga koja ostavlja mnogo više nego što u trenutku daje, što je možda pomalo ironično s obzirom na potpunu usresređenost knjige ka životu u trenutku.

4+