Description

Book Synopsis
A Breath of Life is Clarice Lispector''s final novel, ''written in agony'', which she did not live to see published. Sensual and mysterious, it is a mystical dialogue between a god-like author and the creation he breathes life into: the speaking, shifting, indefinable Angela Pralini. As he has created Angela, so, eventually, he must let her die, for life is merely ''a kind of madness that death makes.'' This is a unique, elegiac meditation on the creation of life, and of art.

Trade Review
A text that resonates endlessly ... her images dazzle * The Times Literary Supplement *
Lispector had an ability to write as though no one had ever written before * Colm Tóibín *
A thrilling book * Pedro Almodóvar *

A Breath of Life

    Product form

    £9.49

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £9.99 – you save £0.50 (5%)

    Order before 4pm tomorrow for delivery by Fri 19 Jun 2026.

    A Paperback / softback by Clarice Lispector, Johnny Lorenz

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector

      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 06/02/2014
      ISBN13: 9780141197371, 978-0141197371
      ISBN10: 0141197374

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Breath of Life is Clarice Lispector''s final novel, ''written in agony'', which she did not live to see published. Sensual and mysterious, it is a mystical dialogue between a god-like author and the creation he breathes life into: the speaking, shifting, indefinable Angela Pralini. As he has created Angela, so, eventually, he must let her die, for life is merely ''a kind of madness that death makes.'' This is a unique, elegiac meditation on the creation of life, and of art.

      Trade Review
      A text that resonates endlessly ... her images dazzle * The Times Literary Supplement *
      Lispector had an ability to write as though no one had ever written before * Colm Tóibín *
      A thrilling book * Pedro Almodóvar *

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account