Near to the Wild Heart - Clarice Lispector leaving the glamour of St

leaving the glamour of St Petersburg's social life to take up residence at his uncle's country estate

includes the egg sellers and faded bullfighters surrounding Fortunata as well as the quieter

and a deadly game of cat and mouse develops between the Quangels and the ambitious Gestapo inspector Escherich

a disregarded samurai determined to recover his family's standing

a young woman forced by the Borgias to stay by his side

Near to the Wild Heart - Clarice Lispector leaving the glamour of StClarice 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 Otvio and on to her decision to make her own way in the world. As Joana, endlessly mutable, moves through different emotional