Agua Viva
Awe-inspiring
Contemplative
Profound

Agua Viva

In Água Viva Clarice Lispector aims to 'capture the present'. Her direct, confessional and unfiltered meditations on everything from life and time to perfume and sleep are strange and hypnotic in their emotional power and have been a huge influence on many artists and writers, including one Brazilian musician who read it one hundred and eleven times. Despite its apparent spontaneity, this is a masterly work of art, which rearranges language and plays in the gaps between reality and fiction. Translated by Stefan Tobler With an Introduction by Benjamin Moser 'An emblematic twentieth-century artist who belongs in the same pantheon as Kafka and Joyce.' Edmund White 'Lispector stands at the pinnacle of Brazil's impressive literary achievement.' Washington Post Book World
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𝒟anielle@evestears
4 stars
Nov 17, 2024
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Deep
Edgy
Creative
Artistic
Inventive
Avant-garde
Page turning
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madina@humaintain
5 stars
Sep 16, 2024
Vivid
Profound
Awe-inspiring
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ana@cafenoverao
4 stars
Jun 25, 2024
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Flo@luzorozul
5 stars
Jun 10, 2024
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soir@rovere
3.5 stars
Jan 21, 2024
Profound
Beautiful
Expressive
Paradoxical
Contemplative
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César Steven Toribio@cesarsteven
4 stars
Dec 8, 2023
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luca@bonesandall
5 stars
Jul 17, 2023
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anastasia@w1tchoftrouble
5 stars
Aug 30, 2024
Pure
Delightful
Awe-inspiring
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farkhanda@farkhanda
4 stars
Jul 29, 2024
Offbeat
Thought provoking
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mia@live2alove
4 stars
Mar 14, 2024
Simple
Magnetic
Contemplative
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tori@kaladin
5 stars
Sep 6, 2022
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Elena Kuran@elenakatherine
4 stars
Feb 7, 2024
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Ned Summers @nedsu
5 stars
Jan 31, 2024
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selva@selvatragica
5 stars
Jan 8, 2024
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Katie@katie_____ad
5 stars
Jan 7, 2024

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sarah@loosh
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sarah@loosh
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