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newrevival of the hypnotic Clarice Lispectorfacet of Clarice Lispector's geniushas been one of the true literary eventsof the 21st century.\"That woman who killed the fish-PARUL SEHGAL,THE NY TIMESunfortunately is me,but if it were myfault,I'd own up to you,sinceldon'tlie to boys and girls.I only lie some-times to a certain type of grown-upThe great Brazilian writer CLARICEbecause there's no other way.LISPECTOR(1920-1977)has been  \ncalled“astounding”(Rachel Kushner),Yes,Clarice(busy writing)neglects“a penetrating genius”(Donna Seaman,her son's fish.After enumerating allBooklist),\"better than Borges\"(Eliz-the animals she's loved-cats,dogs,lizards,chickens,monkeys—Clariceabeth Bishop),and “utterly originalfinally asks:\"Do you forgive me?\"and brilliant,haunting and disturbing”  \nAfter the fish tragedy,there's a(Colm Tóibiín).detective tale starring bunnies,andnext there's a shaggy dog storyBENJAMIN MOSER is the author ofnarrated by Clarice's own poochWhy This World:The Biography ofUlisses,and last there's the won-derful \"Laura's Intimate Life,\"whichClarice Lispector and Sontag:Her Life  \nstars \"the nicest hen I've ever seen.\"and Work,as wellas the series editorLaura is a hen very prone to worry-of Lispector's complete works at Newing,because “humans are a weirdDirections.sort of person\"who can love chick-ens and eat them,too.As Clariceremarks:\"Don't even get me started.\"Written for her own boys,thesefour high-hearted stories havecharm to burn—and are a treat forevery Lispector reader.  \nCOVER ART:FRANCESC0 CLEMENTE,STORY,1994,COURTESY OF THE ARTIST$17.95STORYB00K NDNDB00KS.C0M  \n# THE WOMAN WHO KILLED THE FISH\n\nhttps://archive.org/details/womanwhokilledfi0000lisp  \nSTORYB00K ND  \nCURATED BY GINI ALHADEFF  \nCesar Aira,The Famous Magician  \nOsamu Dazai,Early Light  \nHelen DeWitt,The English Understand Wool  \nLászló Krasznahorkai,Spadework for a Palace  \nClarice Lispector,The Woman Who Killed the Fish  \nYoko Tawada,Three Streets  \nFORTH COMING  \nNatalia Ginzburg,The Road to the City  \nRachel Ingalls,In the Act  \n# THE WOMANWHO KILLED THE FISH\n\nAND OTHER STORIES FOR CHILDREN  \nCLARICE LISPECTOR  \ntranslated from the Portuguese by Benjamin Moserwith illustrations by Marian Bantjes  \nSTORYBOOK ND  \nCopyright ◎1966,1967,1974,1978,2022 by the Heirs of Clarice LispectorTranslation copyright ◎2022 by Benjamin Moser  \nAll rights reserved.Except for briefpassages quoted in a newspaper,magazine,radio,television,or website review,no part of this book may be reproduced inany form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopyingand recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,withoutpermission in writing from the Publisher.  \nPublished by arrangement with the Heirs of Clarice Lispector and AgenciaLiteraria Carmen Balcells,Barcelona.Originally titled A mulher que matouos peixes,Omistério do coelho pensante,Quase de verdade,and A vida intimade Laura  \nManufactured in the United States of AmericaFirst published clothbound by New Directions in 2022  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nNames:Lispector,Clarice,author.|Moser,Benjamin,translator.  \nTitle:The woman who killed the fish &other stories for children/  \nClarice Lispector;translated by Benjamin Moser.  \nOther titles:Mulher que matou os peixes.English  \nDescription:First edition.|New York:New Directions Publishing,2020.|  \nOriginally published in Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro by Ed.Sabiá in 1968under title:Mulher que matou os peixes.  \nIdentifiers:LCCN 2020012675 |ISBN 9780811229609(hardcover)|ISBN 9780811229944(ebook)  \nSubjects:LCSH:Children's stories,Brazilian—Translations into English.|Domestic animals—Juvenile fiction.|CYAC:Domestic animals—Fiction.|Short stories.  \nClassification:LCC PZ7.1.L5695 Wo 2020 |DDC [Fic]—dc23  \nLC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020","cbCairmq1HgrG8ol","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairmq1HgrG8ol","pdf",3170307,68,"English","# Contents\n## The Woman 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