{"product_id":"a-breath-of-life-pulsations-9780811219624","title":"A Breath of Life: Pulsations","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mystical dialogue between a male author (a thinly disguised Clarice Lispector) and his\/her creation, a woman named Angela, this posthumous work has never before been translated. Lispector did not even live to see it published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt her death, a mountain of fragments remained to be \"structured\" by Olga Borelli. These fragments form a dialogue between a god-like author who infuses the breath of life into his creation: the speaking, breathing, dying creation herself, Angela Pralini. The work's almost occult appeal arises from the perception that if Angela dies, Clarice will have to die as well. And she did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLispector, Clarice:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eClarice Lispector\u003c\/strong\u003e (1920-1977), the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century, has been called \"astounding\" (Rachel Kushner), \"a penetrating genius\" (Donna Seaman, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e), and \"one of the twentieth century's most mysterious writers\" (Orhan Pamuk).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLorenz, Johnny:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJohnny Lorenz\u003c\/strong\u003e, son of Brazilian immigrants to the United States, was born in 1972. He received his doctorate in English from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000, and he is an associate professor at Montclair State University. In 2013, he was a finalist for Best Translated Book for his translation of \u003cem\u003eA Breath of Life \u003c\/em\u003eby Clarice Lispector (New Directions). His book of original poems, \u003cem\u003eEducation by Windows\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 2018 by Poets \u0026amp; Traitors Press; it includes his translations of the poet Mario Quintana, for which he received a Fulbright grant. He has published articles on Brazilian literature in journals such as \u003cem\u003eLuso-Brazilian Review\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eModern Fiction Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the translator of Lispector's \u003cem\u003eThe Besieged City\u003c\/em\u003e (New Directions).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoser, Benjamin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin Moser\u003c\/strong\u003e, the author of \u003cem\u003eWhy This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector\u003c\/em\u003e, is the editor of ND's Clarice Lispector translation series, of which this is the ninth volume. For \u003cem\u003eSontag: Her Life and Work\u003c\/em\u003e, he won the Pulitzer Prize.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599209107730,"sku":"9780811219624","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3461be5-e039-431b-9e28-29ee71239864.jpg?v=1732197830","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-breath-of-life-pulsations-9780811219624","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}