Questão 21 - UESB 1º dia 2024

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The Fifth Story by Clarice Lispector (from 'The Foreign Legion' − 1964)

 

A peculiar story, with flashes of weirdness that might be genius − that either way are deeply engaging − but like a lot of Lispector's fiction − the whole thing doesn't fully register. Bits don't seem to work. The whole doesn't mesh. And whilst it may well be the case that it shouldn't 'mesh', the whole, that that's the point, the reader is still left cut adrift in a way that feels unsatisfying, however willing we are to make the story 'work'. There are better stories in Lispector's collected works − 'The Smallest Woman in the World' often being regarded as the best for more obvious reasons.

"It is nothing short of miraculous that all of Lispector's short fiction is available in English. Choosing a single story by one of Latin America's finest writers is a cruel exercise but a great entry point to her work is 'The Fifth Story', from her book The Foreign Legion. All her most interesting traits are there: a certain linguistic strangeness, the subversion of domestic space, the sadistic brutality of everyday life, and the metafictional bent that would explode in her later works."

VON HEUSINGER, Klaus. The Fifth Story by Clarice Lispector (from 'The Foreign Legion' − 1964).

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The provided text offers an evaluation of Clarice Lispector's short fiction, expressing both appreciation and criticism. It acknowledges the peculiar and engaging nature of the story, with flashes of potential genius or weirdness.

 

Why "The Fifth Story" from her book "The Foreign Legion" is recommended as a great entry point to explore her work?