Innenansichten eines Außenseiters: Während eines einjährigen Aufenthalts in Berlin 1990/1991 verfaßte Joáo Ubaldo Ribeiro für die Frankfurter Rundschau sehr vergnügliche Kolumnen über das Leben in der nun nicht mehr geteilten Stadt. Er erzählt wunderbar leicht von seinen Eindrücken, Erfahrungen, Beobachtungen und Gedanken, die ein Brasilianer in Berlin und Deutschland zu Hochzeiten der Wende gehabt hat.
Review: Brilliant ... Lispector should be on the shelf with Kafka and Joyce Los Angeles Times A genius -- Colm Toibin Guardian A truly remarkable writer -- Jonathan Franzen Lispector's novels offer a stark counterpoint to much of modern life's focus on individual fame The Boston Globe One of the twentieth century's most mysterious writers -- Orhan Pamuk The originality of Near to the Wild Heart lies in its technique and language: self conscious, bleakly humourous, but poetic ... We now finally have a translation worthy of Clarice Lispector's inimitable style. Go out and buy it. -- JS Tennant Observer
A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. Since the king spent all his time sitting by the door for favours (favours being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking on the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear...