Clarice Lispector

Burned Sinner and the Harmonious Angels

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ISBN: 9780241752357
Author : Clarice Lispector
Published: 2025
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Number of pages: 128
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 180×110

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'One of the hidden geniuses of the twentieth century' - Colm TóibínA housewife’s life is shattered by a sudden epiphany. A simple tale of killing cockroaches fragments into multiple narratives, each uncovering new truths. In this selection of haunting short stories, Lispector reveals the permeable boundaries between past and present, the real and the surreal, showing ordinary moments to contain the deepest existential truths.

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