Near to the Wild Heart - Clarice LispectorClarice Lispector's sensational, prize winning debut novel Near to the Wild Heart was published when she was just twenty three and earned her the name 'Hurricane Clarice'. It tells the story of Joana, from her wild, creative childhood, as the 'little egg' who writes poems for her father, through her marriage to the faithless Otvio and on to her decision to make her own way in the world. As Joana, endlessly mutable, moves through different emotional