Water of Life

Brazil's Gift to World Literature: Clarice Lıspector's Masterpiece: "Water of Life"

A Hidden Literary Genius Brings Life to Life.

“20. "One of the most mysterious and attractive writers of the century."

-The L Magazine-

“Lispector has the hardness and rarity of a diamond...”

-Rachel Kushner-

“One of the hidden geniuses of the twentieth century.”

-Colm Tóbin-

“Lispector means to its readers what Madonna, Cher or Pele mean to their fans. One of us, Clarice.”

-Brenda Cronin-

“A genius on the same level as Nabokov.”

-Jeff VanderMeer-

“Whatever impact Kafka's works had on America when they were translated in 1940, Clarice Lispector's works are making the same impact now.”

-Flavorwire-

“Lispector has the effect of a bedside Bible or the I Ching: so old yet so new.”

-Valeria Luiselli-

“A literary wizard in his own ingenious way.”

-Publishers Weekly-

“A truly remarkable writer.”

-Jonathan Franzen-

“I dare to say this: Lispector will touch you, and touch you like no one has ever touched you before.”

-Benjamin Mosher-

A fantastic world surrounds me and becomes me. I hear the crazy song of a little bird, I crush butterflies between my fingers. I am the apple eaten by a wolf. I await the orgasmic apocalypse. A discordant insect invasion surrounds me, while I am the light of a kerosene lamp. Then I go too far to become one. I'm in a trance. I permeate the air around me. What a fire: I can't stop living. In this forest of words that thickly surrounds everything I feel, think, and experience, and transforms everything I am into something that belongs to me but is still outside of me. I watch while thinking about myself. I wonder: who is that thing inside me that is beyond even thought? I am writing to you because this is a challenge that I will have to accept with humility. My own ghosts are crowding inside me, and whatever is legendary and fantastic, life is supernatural.

-Clarice Lispector-