Question: Near to the Wild Heart ("Perto do coração selvagem") is Clarice Lispector's first novel, it centers on the childhood and early adulthood of a character named Joana, who bears strong resemblance to her author, which was the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856?
Sentence (from "A Breath of Life"): The god-like author infuses the so-called breath of life into his creation who speaks, breathes, lives and dies at his behest.
Relevant evidence: No