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The Chandelier

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Format: Hardcover


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Now, for the first time in English we have Clarice Lispector’s second novel―a radical part of what made her a Brazilian legend Fresh from the enormous success of her debut novel Near to the Wild Heart, Hurricane Clarice let loose something stormier with The Chandelier. In a body of work renowned for its potent idiosyncratic genius, The Chandelier in many ways has pride of place. “It stands out,” her biographer Benjamin Moser noted, “in a strange and difficult body of work, as perhaps her strangest and most difficult book.” Of glacial intensity, consisting almost entirely of interior monologues―interrupted by odd and jarring fragments of dialogue and action―the novel moves in slow waves that crest in moments of revelation. As Virginia seeks freedom via creation, the drama of her isolated life is almost entirely internal: from childhood, she sculpts clay figurines with “the best clay one could desire: white, supple, sticky, cold. She got a clear and tender material from which she could shape a world. How, how to explain the miracle ...” While on one level simply the story of a woman’s life, The Chandelier’s real drama lies in Lispector’s attempt “to find the nucleus made of a single instant ... the tenuous triumph and the defeat, perhaps nothing more than breathing.” The Chandelier pushes Lispector’s lifelong quest for that nucleus into deeper territories than any of her other amazing works. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Directions


Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 27, 2018


Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 304 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0241371341


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 43


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.11 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 1.3 x 8.3 inches


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Top Amazon Reviews


  • Amazing
Format: Paperback
Clarice is a genius and this is one of her best.
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2025 by Cage

  • Genius!
Format: Hardcover
In a lifetime of reading thousands of books, this is the best book I have ever read. It completely fulfills Ezra Pound’s dictum “the book should be a ball of light in the reader’s hands.” Lispector’s novel “The Chandelier” is a beautiful work of perfection. Each sentence sparkles with unexpected turns of phrase and startling invention. Reading “The Chandelier” is an experience of continuous joy and delight. It is a work of absolute genius. I look forward to rereading it again and again for the rest of my life. I’ve even bought copies for my sons and all of my friends. It is a passionate, wonderful, beautiful work that anyone who enjoys excellent writing will love. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2018 by Lewis Ashman

  • Perfect Transaction
Format: Hardcover
Very excited to receive this hardcover book by an extraordinary author.
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2022 by Very disappointed Amazon Customer

  • An amazing book by a much overlooked writer in the USA; elsewhere though she's a top-rated 20th century writer.
Format: Hardcover
An amazing writer. Although this novel doesn't have much narrative, it's pure poetry and requires slow and repeated reading. Not for everyone, but it inspired me.
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018 by Zoe Westgate

  • A waste of time
Format: Kindle
It’s like being inside the mind of a terribly confused person, and waiting for something to happen. When it does, it’s a huge disappointment, and I feeli wasted the time it took to read this book.
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2018 by Fsimo

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