Selected Cronicas

"In 1967, Brazil's leading newspaper asked the avant-garde writer Lispector to write a weekly column on any topic she wished. For almost seven years, Lispector showed Brazilian readers just how vast and passionate her interests were. This beautifully translated collection of selected columns, or cronicas, is just as immediately stimulating today and ably reinforces her reputation as one of Brazil's greatest writers. Indeed, these columns should establish her as being among the era's most brilliant essayists. She is masterful, even reminiscent of Montaigne, in her ability to spin the mundane events of life into moments of clarity that reveal greater truths." Publishers Weekly"

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 11/17/1996
ISBN: 9780811213400
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.22w x 0.62d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/30/1996 pg. 78
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/1996 pg. 1447
New York Times 12/15/1996 pg. 20
Library Journal 01/01/1997 pg. 99
New York Review of Books 09/24/2009 pg. 35