Description
FIRST UK PAPERBACK EDITION, 8vo, pp. 140. Original card wrappers printed in red and brown. Spine a little sunned, rear cover a touch toned. Ink ownership inscription to front flyleaf.
Family Ties. Translated, with an afterward by Giovanni Pontiero.
- Manchester: Carcanet 1985
£65
Notes
Published concurrently in paperback and hardback, this is the first appearance in the UK of the most critically acclaimed short story collection by Clarice Lispector (1920-1977). After its publication in 1960 in Brazil, her friend and fellow writer Erico Verissimo reportedly told her, 'I haven't written about your book of stories out of sheer embarrassment to tell you what I think of it. Here goes: the most important story collection published in this country since Machado de Assis'.
