'Translations of chronicles first published between 1967-73 in Lispector's weekly column for Jornal do Brasil and representing about two-thirds of the volume A descoberta do mundo (HLAS 48:6221). That work was translated by Pontiero under title Discovering the world (HLAS 54:5084)'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/A collection of 156 columns originally published in the Jornal do Brasil during the author's stint as a columnist includes interviews, stories, essays, and observances