{"product_id":"selected-cronicas-by-clarice-lispector","title":"'Selected Crônicas' by Clarice Lispector","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden min-h-8 relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"streaming-animation markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe \u003cem\u003ecrônica\u003c\/em\u003e is a particularly Brazilian form: part newspaper column, part miniature essay, part overheard thought.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLispector’s versions move through domestic disorder, insomnia, children, animals, vanity, exhaustion, class, love and sudden metaphysical terror, often beginning with something trivial before opening a trapdoor beneath it. A drawer that needs tidying becomes a problem of inner order; an encounter with a stranger becomes an ethical crisis; a passing sensation expands until the self can no longer remain comfortably intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten for newspapers between 1967 and 1973, these pieces show Lispector in a more public and apparently casual register than her novels, though “casual” is camouflage. The voice is intimate, comic, impatient, wounded and startlingly direct. She writes about her own life while continually disturbing the stability of the person called Clarice: autobiography becomes anecdote, fiction, confession and performance at once. The collection is an unusually generous entry into her work, but also essential for readers interested in the strange territory between literature and daily life—where a column written for tomorrow’s paper can suddenly confront eternity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Directions, 1996. First New Directions paperback edition. Light rubbing and minor marks to covers, with slight edge wear; internally clean and sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45915346337875,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-08-06T162527.673.png?v=1785997681","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/selected-cronicas-by-clarice-lispector","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}