Clarice Lispector: Near to the Wild Heart (Penguin Modern Classics) [2014] paperback FCULT Apollo needs the help of

Apollo needs the help of a mortal goddess

a poor Indian pearl-diver

this book is an act of restitution' David Aaronovitch

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and they returned via New Zealand instead of travelling east and around Cape Horn

Clarice Lispector: Near to the Wild Heart (Penguin Modern Classics) [2014] paperback FCULT Apollo needs the help ofClarice Lispector's sensational, prize winning debut novel Near to the Wild Heart was published when she was just twenty three and earned her the name 'Hurricane Clarice'. It tells the story of Joana, from her wild, creative childhood, as the 'little egg' who writes poems for her father, through her marriage to the faithless Otavio and on to her decision to make her own way in the world. As Joana, endlessly mutable, moves through different emotional