PositiveThe Boston GlobeIn this collection, Lispector’s style — stranger than that of any of the writers she is compared to — might put off some fans of literary realism. Some stories are so brief that after reading them I thought: That’s not a story! But there are many rewards ... perhaps the greatest surprise is how wickedly funny so many of these stories are ... Many of the best stories are about women confronting the world ... We are the richer now having the chance to see so much of what [Lispector] did think and publish.
