NEAR TO THE WILD HEART

Clarice Lispector s sensational prize winning debut novel Near to the Wild Heart was published when she was twenty three and earned her the name Hurricane Clarice It tells the story of Joana from her wild creative childhood as the little egg who writes poems for her father through her marriage to the faithless Otávio and on to her decision to make her own way in the world As Joana endlessly mutable moves through different emotional states this impressionistic dreamlike and fiercely intelligent novel asks if any of us ever really know who we are