Near to the Wild Heart

Review: Brilliant ... Lispector should be on the shelf with Kafka and Joyce Los Angeles Times A genius -- Colm Toibin Guardian A truly remarkable writer -- Jonathan Franzen Lispector's novels offer a stark counterpoint to much of modern life's focus on individual fame The Boston Globe One of the twentieth century's most mysterious writers -- Orhan Pamuk The originality of Near to the Wild Heart lies in its technique and language: self conscious, bleakly humourous, but poetic ... We now finally have a translation worthy of Clarice Lispector's inimitable style. Go out and buy it. -- JS Tennant Observer