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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press.  \nThe dingbat used in the interior is taken from the first edition of Clarice Lispector’s first novel, Perto do coração selvagem, published by A Noite Editora, Rio de Janeiro, December 1943.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Moser, Benjamin.  \nWhy this world : a biography of Clarice Lispector / Benjamin Moser.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-19-538556-4  \n1. Lispector, Clarice. 2. Authors, Brazilian—20th century—Biography.  \nI. Title.  \nPQ9697.L585Z777 2009  \n869.3'42—dc22  \n[B]  \n2008055639  \n1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  \nPrinted in the United States of America on acid-free paper  \nTo Arthur Japin and Lex Jansen  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nCONTENTS  \nMap of Ukraine ix  \nMap of Brazil x  \nLispector Family Tree xi  \nIntroduction: The Sphinx 1  \n1. Fun Vonen Is a Yid? 7  \n2. That Irrational Something 12  \n3. The Average Pogrom 25  \n4. The Missing Name 33  \n5. Statue of Liberty 38  \n6. Griene Gringos 47  \n7. The Magical Stories 59  \n8. National Melodrama 67  \n9. Only for Madmen 74  \n10. Flying Down to Rio 81  \n11. God Stirs the Waters 96  \n12. Straight from the Zoo 109  \n13. Hurricane Clarice 119  \n14. Trampoline to Victory 129  \n15. Principessa di Napoli 137  \n16. The Society of Shadows 148  \n17. Volume in the Brain 157  \n18. The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace 167  \n19. The Public Statue 176  \nviii Contents  \n20. The Third Experience 182  \n21. 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