Here, gathered in one volume, are the stories that made Clarice a
Brazilian legend. Originally a cloth edition of eighty-six stories, now
we have eighty- nine in all, covering her whole amazing career, from her
teenage years to her deathbed. In these pages, we meet teenagers
becoming aware of their sexual and artistic powers, humdrum housewives
whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies, old people who don't
know what to do with themselves-- and in their stories, Clarice takes us
through their lives--and hers--and ours.