title: The Foreign Legion (New Directions Paperbook)
author:  Clarice Lispector 
description: Text: English (translation)<br /> Original Language: Portugese
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  ALSO BY CLARICE
  
  
  LISPECTOR
  
  
  AVAILABLE FROM NEW
  
  
  DIRECTIONS
  
  
  A Breath of Life
  
  
  The Foreign Legion
  
  
  The Hour of the Star
  
  
  Near to the Wild Heart
  
  
  The Passion According to G. H.
  
  
  Selected Crônicas
  
  
  Soulstorm
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ÁGUA VIVA
  
  
  Clarice Lispector
  
  
  Translated from the Portuguese by Stefan Tobler
  
  
  Introduction by Benjamin Moser
  
  
  Edited by Benjamin Moser
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  [Breathing Together by Benjamin Moser](intro.html)
  
  
  [ÁGUA VIVA](text.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A New Directions
  
  
  Book
  
  
  Copyright © 1973 by the Heirs of Clarice Lispector
  
  
  Translation copyright © 2012 by Stefan Tobler
  
  
  Introduction copyright © 2012 by Benjamin Moser
  
  
  Originally published as _Água
  
  
  Viva_. Published by arrangement with the Heirs of Clarice Lispector and
  
  
  Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells, Barcelona.
  
  
  All rights reserved. Except for
  
  
  brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, television, or website
  
  
  review, no part of this 