Free Short Stories: 'The Hen' and 'The Smallest Woman in the World' by Clarice Lispector, both translated by Elizabeth Bishop | Writers & Books | Scoop.it

Lovely intro by Jenny McPhee, novelist:


In my pantheon of favorite writers, Clarice Lispector is right there at the top.  She's a writer, like Muriel Spark or Thomas Bernhard, who always make me ask when reading their work: Is this allowed? Sometimes her prose has such power I am made to wonder if I have the strength and stability to keep reading. Championed by Elizabeth Bishop…