Why This World
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| Author | Benjamin Moser |
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| Genre | Biography |
| Published | 2009 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN | 978-0-19-538556-4 |
Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector is a book by Benjamin Moser published by Oxford University Press in 2009.[1] Benjamin Moser details the majority of Clarice Lispector's life and then discusses the connections between her life and her work.
Synopsis
[edit]Moser discusses how Clarice Lispector's work reflects her life, from her birth in Ukraine to her literary success in Brazil. He does this by citing her own texts, letters, other scholarly work and what few interviews there are of her.[2] Moser goes into great detail on the connections that can be made between Lispector's writing and her life. Moser uses letters written to and from Lispector, Lispector's own sisters, Elisa Lispector's autobiography, interviews with Lispector and Lispector's own writings.
Critical reception
[edit]Critical reception for Why This World was largely positive.[3][4][2] Common praise for the book centered around Moser addressing many of Lispector's texts that were untranslated or not as widely read outside of Brazil, which one reviewer for Shofar stated brought more of her work to a wider audience.[5] Reviewing the book for the Luso-Brazilian Review, Earl E. Fitz remarked on the book's handling of Lispector's texts that were lesser known outside of Brazil, criticizing it on how the texts were interpreted.[2]
Awards
[edit]Why This World was a 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award Biography finalist.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 4 August 2009. ISBN 9780195385564.
- ^ a b c Fitz, Earl E. (2010). "Review of Why this World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector". Luso-Brazilian Review. 47: 231–233. doi:10.1353/lbr.0.0109. S2CID 219193324.
- ^ Randall, Natasha (2 August 2009). "'Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector' by Benjamin Moser". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Garner, Dwight (11 August 2009). "Books of The Times - Why This World by Benjamin Moser Examines the Brazilian Writer Clarice Lispector - Review - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Lindstrom, Naomi (2010). "Review of Why this World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector by Benjamin Moser". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 29: 191–193. doi:10.1353/sho.2010.0084. S2CID 170404251.
- ^ "National Book Critics Circle: awards". bookcritics.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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