The Stream of Life Clarice Lispector Translated by Elizabeth Lowe and Earl Fitz Foreword by Hélène Cixous		$18.50 paper ISBN: 0-8166-1782-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-1782-1
This novel is considered the greatest work of fiction by the Brazilian writer the New York Times Book Review called "the premier Latin American woman prose writer of this century." An intense and lyrical work, it chronicles its female protagonist's journey of self-discovery and self-affirmation. "Lispector makes language the medium of both imprisonment and liberation and she does it with an amazingly light and playful touch. She roots her French imports deep in Brazilian soil. The result is a luxuriant and fascinating hybrid." —New York Times Book Review "Whether as novelist or short story writer, Lispector always seemed to be involved with the ambiguities of living, the pleasures derived from it as well as its tragic aspects." —San Francisco Review of Books "We are slowly beginning to see the genius of Lispector: her texts defy usual conventional categories. Lispector refuses to write ordinary stories. Her stories are mazelike structures which inform us that life itself is deceptively circular." —Review of Contemporary Fiction Clarise Lispector is also the author of The Passion According to G.H. (1994) 114 pages | 1989 Emergent Literatures Series