The Passion According to G.H. - Clarice Lispector Paul Gellings maar met veertigduizend dollar op

maar met veertigduizend dollar op zak

Kort daarna zal ook de oorlog uitbreken

te vergelijken met herinneringen aan ons eigen leven: er zijn jaren die eruit springen

in droge en concrete taal

The Passion According to G.H. - Clarice Lispector Paul Gellings maar met veertigduizend dollar opG. H., a well to do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach black, dusty, prehistoric crawling out of the wardrobe and, panicking, slams the door on it. Her irresistible fascination with the dying insect provokes a spiritual crisis, in which she questions her place in the universe and her very identity, propelling her