Research Catalog

Title

The Foreign Legion : stories and chronicles / Clarice Lispector ; translated with an afterword by Giovanni Pontiero.

Author

Lispector, Clarice

Publication

New York : New Directions Pub. Corp., 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
• Frezzolini, Sylvia
• Klee, Paul, 1879-1940
• Pontiero, Giovanni
• New Directions Publishing, publisher.
• James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Description

219 pages; 21 cm.

Series Statement

• New Directions paperbook ; 732
• NDP732

Uniform Title

Legião Estrangeira. English

Alternative Title

Legião Estrangeira.

Subject

• Short stories, Brazilian > Translations into English
• Short stories, Brazilian

Genre/Form

• Translations into English.
• Short stories.
• Translations.

Note

• Translation of: A Legião Estrangeira.
• "A New Directions book" -- title page.
• "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.

Indexed In (note)

• Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Binding (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 22-1243 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Sylvia Frezzolini; cover painting by Paul Klee, Blossoming, 1934.

Contents

• Stories. The misfortunes of Sofia -- The sharing of bread -- The message -- Monkeys -- The egg and the chicken -- Temptation -- Journey to Petrópolis -- The solution -- The evolution of myopia -- The fifth story -- A sincere friendship -- The obedient -- The foreign legion.
• Chronicles. Bottom drawer -- Gastão Manoel Henrique -- The mirrors of Vera Mindlin -- Because they were not distracted -- A night in February -- The septre -- Body and soul -- The future of something delicate -- Portrait of a lady -- Paul Klee -- An ugly duckling -- The secret -- Much more simple -- Since one feels obliged to write ... -- The divine supper -- 'She has just gone out' --The hour of the missionary -- Sunday afternoon -- To err -- Romance -- How does one describe it? -- Once upon a time -- Africa -- Human labour -- The greatest experience -- To lie, to think --Miraculous fishing -- Remembering -- Writing, humility, technique -- Without heroism -- Without any warning -- Adventure -- Berne Cathedral on a Sunday evening -- In the manger -- Sketch of a wardrobe -- Literature and justice -- Who she was -- The sailor's farewell -- Spring without sentimentality -- Flying the flag -- Abstract and symbolic -- That's nature, my darling -- One step higher -- Glory be to God on high and ... -- An angel's disquiet -- An image of pleasure -- Silent night, holy night -- The restoration of a lady -- Italian village -- Conversation with my son -- Summer in the drawing room -- A discreet man -- Style -- Five days in Brasilia -- Sunday, before falling asleep.
• Because I am in love -- The art of not being greedy -- Patio in Grajaú -- The happy cook and the might of sincerity -- Social column -- Living jelly -- Some useless explanations -- Eat up, my boy -- Submission to the process -- The woman burned at the stake and the harmonious angels -- Gentle criticism -- Harsh criticism -- Wrath -- Do not unleash the horses -- Avarice -- Shady dealings -- Remembrance of a difficult summer -- Conquered love -- The tea-party -- The recruitment -- Fair tidings for a child -- First in the class -- Sketching a little boy -- An Italian woman in Switzerland -- Brothers -- A public man -- Anniversary -- Anniversary -- Notes on Indian dancing -- Posterity will judge us -- The secret room, your room -- 'Ad eternitatem' -- Gradual approximation -- Understanding -- Prolonged, distended tranquillity [sic] -- Profile of elected beings --- Writing and prolonging time -- Recognizing love -- Two ways -- An abstract door -- Berne -- Vengeance and painful reconciliation -- 'Appearances are deceiving" -- 'All that glisters is not gold' -- Grasshopper -- Mute sining, mute dancing -- The woman writer -- A Spanish gentleman -- The leader -- Be careful with Saturday -- Because it is today -- The sensitive woman -- Inaugural speech -- Writing -- Mineirinho.

Call Number

Berg Coll 22-1243

ISBN

• 0811211894
• 9780811211895

LCCN

91029992

OCLC

24246388

Author

Lispector, Clarice, author.

Title

The Foreign Legion : stories and chronicles / Clarice Lispector ; translated with an afterword by Giovanni Pontiero.

Imprint

New York : New Directions Pub. Corp., 1992.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

New Directions paperbook ; 732

NDP732

Indexed In:

Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 134

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1243 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Sylvia Frezzolini; cover painting by Paul Klee, Blossoming, 1934. NN

Local Note

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1243 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Added Author

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.

Frezzolini, Sylvia, cover designer.

Klee, Paul, 1879-1940, artist.

Pontiero, Giovanni, translator.

New Directions Publishing, publisher.

Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.

Javitch, Daniel, donor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.

James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll 22-1243