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O primeiro Beijo e Outros Contos
A experiência do primeiro beijo é inesquecível, mesmo quando inesperado, como no conto-título deste livro. Também é inesquecível a 'felicidade clandestina' do contato com os primeiros livros. E uma galinha, como pode ser definida? A avó, homenageada no seu feliz aniversário, o que pensa ela ao olhar com distância para os familiares? Esses temas, ao mesmo tempo tão cotidianos e profundos, estão presentes nesta obra que reúne alguns dos textos mais marcantes de Clarice Lispector.
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
About the author
Clarice Lispector
258 books10.1k followersClarice Lispector was a Brazilian writer. Acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories, she was also a journalist. Born to a Jewish family in Podolia in Western Ukraine, she was brought to Brazil as an infant, amidst the disasters engulfing her native land following the First World War.
She grew up in northeastern Brazil, where her mother died when she was nine. The family moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was in her teens. While in law school in Rio she began publishing her first journalistic work and short stories, catapulting to fame at age 23 with the publication of her first novel, 'Near to the Wild Heart' (Perto do Coração Selvagem), written as an interior monologue in a style and language that was considered revolutionary in Brazil.
She left Brazil in 1944, following her marriage to a Brazilian diplomat, and spent the next decade and a half in Europe and the United States. Upon return to Rio de Janeiro in 1959, she began producing her most famous works, including the stories of Family Ties (Laços de Família), the great mystic novel The Passion According to G.H. (A Paixão Segundo G.H.), and the novel many consider to be her masterpiece, Água Viva. Injured in an accident in 1966, she spent the last decade of her life in frequent pain, steadily writing and publishing novels and stories until her premature death in 1977.
She has been the subject of numerous books and references to her, and her works are common in Brazilian literature and music. Several of her works have been turned into films, one being 'Hour of the Star' and she was the subject of a recent biography, Why This World, by Benjamin Moser.
She grew up in northeastern Brazil, where her mother died when she was nine. The family moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was in her teens. While in law school in Rio she began publishing her first journalistic work and short stories, catapulting to fame at age 23 with the publication of her first novel, 'Near to the Wild Heart' (Perto do Coração Selvagem), written as an interior monologue in a style and language that was considered revolutionary in Brazil.
She left Brazil in 1944, following her marriage to a Brazilian diplomat, and spent the next decade and a half in Europe and the United States. Upon return to Rio de Janeiro in 1959, she began producing her most famous works, including the stories of Family Ties (Laços de Família), the great mystic novel The Passion According to G.H. (A Paixão Segundo G.H.), and the novel many consider to be her masterpiece, Água Viva. Injured in an accident in 1966, she spent the last decade of her life in frequent pain, steadily writing and publishing novels and stories until her premature death in 1977.
She has been the subject of numerous books and references to her, and her works are common in Brazilian literature and music. Several of her works have been turned into films, one being 'Hour of the Star' and she was the subject of a recent biography, Why This World, by Benjamin Moser.
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May 23, 2022
acho que nao existe sensaçao melhor na minha vida do que ler uma frase ou um conto da clarice lispector e pensar Ei! Isso é mto Eu!... cara como é reconfortante saber que eu nao sou tao doida assim e se eu for talvez um dia terei chance de contar historias tao boas quanto as dela
March 24, 2016
Lindo, apesar de já ter lido a maioria dos contos, ler Clarice sempre é um prazer!!
December 15, 2020
First Book of this author that I've read;
And I've loved it.
And I've loved it.
November 23, 2025
É, a mulher escreve bem demais. E esse livro de contos me ajudou a aos poucos retomar a vontade de ler no meio de uma enorme ressaca literária.
February 19, 2014
Achei esse livro num sebo, repleto de anotações e rabiscos. Parece que estou a ler dois livros. Os relatos são (até agora) simples e facilmente identificáveis em nosso cotidiano, o que abre espaço para reconhecimentos e interpretações diferentes, e, por se relacionarem com nossa vivência, retomam sentimentos antigos (tais como os de dona Mocinha, do segundo conto: "Lembrou-se de coisas que dias antes juraria nunca terem existido").
Lindinho demais. Tenho preferido aos outros romances da Clarice...
Lindinho demais. Tenho preferido aos outros romances da Clarice...
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September 24, 2013Eu preciso dele para escola.
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December 25, 2017Ahhhhh! Clarice! Como sempre relatando as melhores nuances das relações sociais e do ser humano.
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