beauty is like that, it is a fraction of a second, quickness of a flash and then immediately it escapes. (p37) - Clarice Lispector

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beauty is like that, it is a fraction of a second, quickness of a flash and then immediately it escapes. (p37)

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About Clarice Lispector

Clarice Lispector (born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector; December 10, 1920 – December 9, 1977) was a Brazilian writer. Acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories, she was also a journalist and a translator. A legendary figure in Brazil, renowned for her uncommon and unique writing style, her great personal beauty — the American translator Gregory Rabassa recalled being "flabbergasted to meet that rare person who looked like Marlene Dietrich and wrote like Virginia Woolf," — and her eccentric personality.

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Alternative Names: Helen Palmer Teresa Quadros Хая Пинхасiвна Лиспектор
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