{"product_id":"the-chandelier-9780811228718","title":"The Chandelier","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Chandelier\u003c\/em\u003e, written when Lispector was only twenty-three, reveals a very different author from the college student whose debut novel, \u003cem\u003eNear to the Wild Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, announced the landfall of \"Hurricane Clarice.\"\u003cbr\u003e Virginia and her cruel, beautiful brother, Daniel, grow up in a decaying country mansion. They leave for the city, but the change of locale leaves Virginia's internal life unperturbed. In intensely poetic language, Lispector conducts a stratigraphic excavation of Virginia's thoughts, revealing the drama of Clarice's lifelong quest to discover \"the nucleus made of a single instant\"--and displaying a new face of this great writer, blazing with the vitality of youth.\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\u003eEdwards, Magdalena:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMagdalena Edwards\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, translator, and actor. Her work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eParis Review Daily\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eMillions\u003c\/em\u003e.\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":50621030793490,"sku":"9780811228718","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c1f4e611-4d1d-4fa7-b54f-7bdf1a26d26d.jpg?v=1732578835","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-chandelier-9780811228718","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}