Authors: Clarice Lispector
A Breath of Life (19 page)
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First published by New Directions as NDP1222 in 2012
Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lispector, Clarice.
[Sopro de vida. English]
A breath of life (pulsations) / by Clarice Lispector ; translated by Johnny
Lorenz ; edited by Benjamin Moser ; with a preface by Pedro Almodóvar and Benjamin Moser.
p. cm.
eISBN 978-0-8112-2070-5
I. Lorenz, Johnny. II. Moser, Benjamin. III. Title.
PQ9697.L585S613 2012
869.342—dc23
2012006506
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Table of Contents
Benjamin Moser and Pedro Almodóvar: An Exchange on "A Breath of Life"
And the LORD God formed
A Breath of Life
The Daydream Is What Reality Is
ANGELA
I had a vivid and
AUTHOR: I fear when the
AUTHOR: I am the author
[Author narrating the facts of
AUTHOR: I shall write here
How Can You Transform Everything Into A Daydream?
AUTHOR: The fact is more
ANGELA: “Ladies and gentlemen: I
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I’m back.
AUTHOR: When something happens I
ANGELA: It’s dawning: I hear
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ALSO BY CLARICE LISPECTOR
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