Thabata Guerra has made a gorgeous film adaptation of Clarice Lispector’s Tentação (Temptation) from the short story collection Felicidade Clandestina (1971). If you haven’t read any Clarice Lispector/Giovanni Pontieiro yet, this video might just inspire you to get to the bookstore.
In Portuguese only, I’m afraid, folks (Does anyone know if this story has been published in English?). To give you a kick start to watch it if you are learning Portuguese, here’s a translation of the first line:
She had the hiccups. And if the two o’clock light wasn’t bad enough, she was also a redhead…
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Global Voices Online » Brazil: Clarice Lispector on YouTube // September 1, 2007 at 2:01 pm |
[...] The Spectacled Bear comes across a fantastic adaptation of Clarice Lispector’s Tentação (Temptation) on YouTube and leaves a piece of advice about the Brazilian/Ukrainian writer: “If you haven’t read any Clarice Lispector/Giovanni Pontieiro yet, this video might just inspire you to get to the bookstore.” Share This [...]
Thabata Guerra // November 26, 2007 at 12:46 am |
Thank you