Todos Los Cuentos / Complete Stories

«Clarice Lispector es enigm tica, m stica, contradictoria y filos fica. Aunque comience en un terreno familiar ...], r pidamente se desv a hacia un reino donde los sonidos se tornan discordantes y el paisaje se vuelve indiscernible, asumiendo tonalidades imprevistas . --The New York Times

Este volumen re ne toda la narrativa breve de la autora que insufl vida a las inquietudes universales de la existencia cotidiana o los eternos interrogantes de la condici n del ser humano. Autora de brillantes y personal simos relatos que figuran entre los m s emblem ticos de la literatura brasile a, Clarice Lispector est un nimemente considerada como una de las m s importantes voces del siglo XX. Su figura y su legado irradian hoy en d a el mismo magnetismo que ha conseguido cautivar a los lectores de todo el mundo desde que apareciera publicado su primer libro.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Every short story by this mythical Brazilian writer, collected for the first time in Penguin in a single volume.

"Clarice Lispector is enigmatic, mystical, contradictory, and philosophical. Even though she starts in familiar territory... she quickly deviates to a realm where sound turns jarring and the landscape becomes undecipherable, taking on unexpected nuances." --The New York Times

This volume gathers the entire short fiction by an author that breathed life into universal concerns of everyday existence, or our eternal questions regarding the human condition. Author of brilliant and personal stories among the most emblematic in Brazilian literature, Clarice Lispector is unanimously considered one of the greatest voices in the twentieth century. Her figure and legacy irradiate today the same kind of magnetism that captivated readers from all over the world since her first book was published.