The Burned Sinner and the Harmonious Angels (Penguin Archive)

Discover the profound and unsettling world of Clarice Lispector with ‘The Burned Sinner and the Harmonious Angels,’ a captivating collection from Penguin’s 90th-anniversary series. Experience the shattering epiphany of a housewife whose ordinary life unravels through fragmented narratives, revealing hidden truths in the most mundane moments. Lispector masterfully explores the fluid boundaries between reality and the surreal, the past and the present, demonstrating how everyday experiences hold deep existential revelations. Praised as ‘one of the hidden geniuses of the twentieth century’ by Colm Tóibín, this book offers a haunting glimpse into the human psyche, perfect for readers seeking thought-provoking literary fiction on ‘The bookish owl’.