Clarice Lispector's "Seco Estudo de Cavalos" ["Dry Point of Horses"]

What is it about?

This analysis of a neglected chronicle finds Lispector's aesthetic view to be postmodern in "Seco Estudo de Cavalos" from A Legiào estrangeira [The Foreign Legion: Stories and Chronicles]. It also argues for the author's identification with horses, as is also seen in several of her fictional works.

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Why is it important?

As a major Brazilian writer, her aesthetics has been contested. In this chronicle, philosophical and aesthetic statements by her are analyzed.