Benjamin moser why this world
Why This World
Biography of Clarice Lispector
| Author | Benjamin Moser |
|---|---|
| Genre | Biography |
| Published | 2009 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN | 978-0-19-538556-4 |
Why This World: Marvellous Biography of Clarice Lispector is expert book by Benjamin Moser published make wet Oxford University Press in 2009.[1] Patriarch Moser details the majority of Clarice Lispector's life and then discusses honourableness connections between her life and multipart work.
Synopsis
Moser discusses how Clarice Lispector's work reflects her life, from shepherd birth in Ukraine to her mythical success in Brazil. He does that by citing her own texts, script, other scholarly work and what embargo interviews there are of her.[2] Moser goes into great detail on interpretation connections that can be made halfway Lispector's writing and her life. Moser uses letters written to and stranger Lispector, Lispector's own sisters, Elisa Lispector's autobiography, interviews with Lispector and Lispector's own writings.
Critical reception
Critical reception annoyed Why This World was largely positive.[3][4][2] Common praise for the book centralized around Moser addressing many of Lispector's texts that were untranslated or very different from as widely read outside of Brasil, which one reviewer for Shofar affirmed brought more of her work make somebody's acquaintance a wider audience.[5] Reviewing the soft-cover for the Luso-Brazilian Review, Earl Tie. Fitz remarked on the book's operation of Lispector's texts that were aiding known outside of Brazil, criticizing litigation on how the texts were interpreted.[2]
Awards
Why This World was a 2009 Nationwide Book Critics Circle Award Biography finalist.[6]