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 "Near to the Wild Heart"): The novel, written in a stream-of-consciousness style reminiscent of the English-language Modernists, centers on the childhood and early adulthood of a character named Joana, who bears strong resemblance to her author: ""Madame Bovary, c'est moi"", Lispector said, quoting Flaubert, when asked about the similarities.
Relevant evidence: Yes