--- product_id: 40859542 title: "Near to the Wild Heart (Ndp; 1225)" price: "€ 27.75" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/40859542-near-to-the-wild-heart-ndp-1225 store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Near to the Wild Heart (Ndp; 1225) **Price:** € 27.75 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Near to the Wild Heart (Ndp; 1225) - **How much does it cost?** € 27.75 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/40859542-near-to-the-wild-heart-ndp-1225) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description This new translation of Clarice Lispector's sensational first book tells the story of a middle class woman's life from childhood through an unhappy marriage and its dissolution to transcendence. Near to the Wild Heart, published in Rio de Janeiro in 1943, introduced Brazil to what one writer called “Hurricane Clarice”: a twenty-three-year-old girl who wrote her first book in a tiny rented room and then baptized it with a title taken from Joyce: “He was alone, unheeded, near to the wild heart of life.” The book was an unprecedented sensation ― the discovery of a genius. Narrative epiphanies and interior monologue frame the life of Joana, from her middle-class childhood through her unhappy marriage and its dissolution to transcendence, when she proclaims: “I shall arise as strong and comely as a young colt.” Review: favorite book - I did a school project around it and we concluded that it’s not for everyone, since the narrative is inconsistent and dreamy, but Lispector writes like no other, if you like flow of consciousness writing, this one is for you! Review: The Labyrinthine Maturity of an Amazing Young Talent - I'd never heard of Clarice Lispector a year ago, then starting seeing her name rather frequently. Its similarity to "Inspector" made me think perhaps this was some newly discovered detective series. Forgive my ignorance. A strongly-engaged review of her oeuvre prompted me to finally purchase this, her first, novel. (It was also mentioned as being short; what was there to lose?) The idea that this is the work of a twenty-three-year-old writing in 1943 is stunning. The writing is dense, fluid, and at times nearly inscrutable. It took forty or fifty pages of this 194 page book for me to get my footing. Lispector writes in a chanting, throbbing, stream-of-consciousness style that is almost breathtaking, relating bits of the female protagonist's childhood, abandonment, and eventual marriage to a man who comes to fear her fearlessness and her moral objectivity, driving her to the bed of another, a nearly unknown neighbor who provides her with both the depth and superficiality of her ideal relationship. While Near to the Wild Heart borders on philosophy, it also reminded me of the current trend of literary/souls-bared fiction by certain younger writers. And it clearly revealed how much deeper, more mature, and more fully realized Lispector's work is. There is little white space on her pages. She is no fan of short words, of short sentences or short paragraphs. She writes, one gets the sense, from the fuguelike state between sleep and wakefulness, a precise, accurate observer of her own thoughts. Though I am not one to reread books as a matter of course, I realize that this embroidery of thoughts and observations will take more than a single pass to fully unravel. And the benefit will be mine for doing so. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #28,719 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #41 in Hispanic American Literature & Fiction #52 in Jewish Literature & Fiction #1,956 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 506 Reviews | ## Images ![Near to the Wild Heart (Ndp; 1225) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/713ZlwZXULL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ favorite book *by L***A on September 2, 2025* I did a school project around it and we concluded that it’s not for everyone, since the narrative is inconsistent and dreamy, but Lispector writes like no other, if you like flow of consciousness writing, this one is for you! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Labyrinthine Maturity of an Amazing Young Talent *by M***K on February 10, 2017* I'd never heard of Clarice Lispector a year ago, then starting seeing her name rather frequently. Its similarity to "Inspector" made me think perhaps this was some newly discovered detective series. Forgive my ignorance. A strongly-engaged review of her oeuvre prompted me to finally purchase this, her first, novel. (It was also mentioned as being short; what was there to lose?) The idea that this is the work of a twenty-three-year-old writing in 1943 is stunning. The writing is dense, fluid, and at times nearly inscrutable. It took forty or fifty pages of this 194 page book for me to get my footing. Lispector writes in a chanting, throbbing, stream-of-consciousness style that is almost breathtaking, relating bits of the female protagonist's childhood, abandonment, and eventual marriage to a man who comes to fear her fearlessness and her moral objectivity, driving her to the bed of another, a nearly unknown neighbor who provides her with both the depth and superficiality of her ideal relationship. While Near to the Wild Heart borders on philosophy, it also reminded me of the current trend of literary/souls-bared fiction by certain younger writers. And it clearly revealed how much deeper, more mature, and more fully realized Lispector's work is. There is little white space on her pages. She is no fan of short words, of short sentences or short paragraphs. She writes, one gets the sense, from the fuguelike state between sleep and wakefulness, a precise, accurate observer of her own thoughts. Though I am not one to reread books as a matter of course, I realize that this embroidery of thoughts and observations will take more than a single pass to fully unravel. And the benefit will be mine for doing so. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wild *by M***S on May 11, 2025* Lispector is a boss. This book is challenging, but not near as challenging as some of her other work (The Passion According To G.H. is perhaps the most obfuscated book I have ever read). This is the story of Joana, who we see, in childhood and adulthood, reject the sentimentalities of adult life as vapid disingenuousness. She just doesn't see the point, you know? She gets called a viper for it, but that doesn't seem to bother her. So I'm a viper, so what? Kind of reads like a pissed off Virginia Woolf. I loved it. In fact, I enjoy a lot of Lispector's work, but I would say try this before you go anywhere near her other books. She can be a bit abstract, you know. ## Frequently Bought Together - Near to the Wild Heart (Ndp; 1225) - Água Viva (New Directions Books) - The Passion According to G.H. 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