'Living Water' is an experimental novel-meditation on the nature of life and time by Clarície Lispector, the most important Brazilian writer of the 20th century. It is written in the form of an improvisational poetic monologue, in which the pictorial, musical, and tactile qualities of the text come to the fore. The unconventionality of language, philosophical depth, sensuality, and striving for universality allow Lispector's prose to be categorized unambiguously, drawing the reader into a magical, demiurgic world of synesthesia, a naked existence on the border between animal, plant, and human. Clarície Lispector (1920–1977) was a Brazilian writer. Born to a Jewish family in the town of Chechelnik in what is now Ukraine, her family emigrated to Brazil in 1922. She studied law and worked as a journalist and translator. In the 1940s and 1950s, she lived in Europe and the United States, where her husband was in the diplomatic service. She is the author of numerous novels, short story collections, and children's books. She was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit for her outstanding contribution to literature in Brazil, where her books are included in the school curriculum.

Author: Clarice Lispector
Publishing House: No Kidding Press
Year: 2022
Number of pages: 80
Cover type: soft
Translator: Ekaterina Khovanovic
Editor: Leah Lyubomirskaya
Age group: 18+