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And as if it were right under her nose, she could smell the warm, beaten earth, so fragrant and dry, where she knew perfectly well, she knew perfectly well that some worm or other lay squirming before being devoured by the hen that humans were going to eat. Resting her head against the cold, shiny window-pane, she looked into the neighbour's yard, at the great world of the chickens-that-did-not-know-they-were-about-to-die. The three sounds were connected by the light of day and by the rustling of tiny leaves on the tree as they joyfully rubbed against each other. Between the clock, the typewriter and the silence there was an ear listening out, large, flesh-pink and dead. The wardrobe was saying what? clothes - clothes - clothes. He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life.ĭaddy's typewriter was tapping out tac-tac.tac-tac-tac. I should like to express my gratitude to Michael Schmidt and the editorial staff of Carcanet Press to the National Book Institute and VITAE Foundation in Brazil for their financial support to Maria Fernanda Romao and Stefanie Goodfellow whose assistance proved to be invaluable and finally to Juan Carlos Sager, Nancy Stalhammar, Gordon Kinder, Paul Berman and Neil Ferguson who kindly read the manuscript and offered many useful suggestions towards improving earlier drafts of the translation. Translation of: Perto do coracao selvagem. Near to the wild heart /Ĭlarice Lispector: translated with an afterword by Giovanni Pontiero. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data This translation of Clarice Lispector's Perto do coraqao selvagem (1944) is published by arrangement with Carcanet Press Limited, Manchester, England.įirst published clothbound and as New Directions paperbook 698 in 1990