LETRAS

Clarice Lispector vivió casi dos décadas en el extranjero y mantuvo una larga y fructífera correspondencia con sus círculos profesionales y familiares. A pesar de afirmar que «no sabía escribir cartas», estas resultan en realidad una aventura tan fascinante y creativa como sus deslumbrantes novelas, cuentos y crónicas, ya que Lispector también hace gala en ellas de su infalible inspiración, humor y lirismo. Todas las cartas, que reúne la correspondencia escrita por la autora brasileña a lo largo de toda su vida, constituye un corpus fundamental para comprender su trayectoria personal y literaria. El material, organizado por décadas de 1940 a 1970, va acompañado de notas que lo contextualizan en términos de tiempo y lugar, que además incluyen sustanciosas referencias culturales.

The war is over. The war has just begun. Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has ended, the war still rages for Rin. Haunted by the atrocity she committed to save her people, the shaman and warrior is on the run from her guilt, the opium addiction that holds her like a vise, and the murderous commands of the fiery Phoenix—the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with fearsome power. While the young warrior welcomes death, she must remain alive until she avenges the traitorous Empress who betrayed her homeland. Rin’s only hope is to join forces with the enemy of her enemy—the powerful Dragon Warlord, who plots to destroy the Empress.

When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising. But surprises aren’t always good. Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.