Authors: Clarice Lispector

A Breath of Life (19 page)

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First published by New Directions as NDP1222 in 2012

Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lispector, Clarice.

[Sopro de vida. English]

A breath of life (pulsations) / by Clarice Lispector ; translated by Johnny
Lorenz ; edited by Benjamin Moser ; with a preface by Pedro Almodóvar and Benjamin Moser.

p. cm.

eISBN 978-0-8112-2070-5

I. Lorenz, Johnny. II. Moser, Benjamin. III. Title.

PQ9697.L585S613 2012

869.342—dc23

2012006506

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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