A review by thestoryofaz
The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector

challenging reflective slow-paced

5.0

Clarice Lispector's fourth novel is a heady, sprawling, and ambitious work of art. She contests and breaks all notions and rules of not just literature, but also of personhood and psyche. Nothing escapes her singular vision; even the air becomes an object to revere, describe and uphold. The novel may be described as one man's journey to self-discovery but what does that entail? What really happens, if anything happens at all? This is not a story to be rushed through and be done with, or perhaps even understood. Take your sweet time and savor each word, each breath, each sentiment as though each were the promise of a luscious apple dangling low and heavy in the dark of your probable incomprehension and inevitable amazement.