Clarice lispector and the experience of derealization: a possible literary expression of complex partial seizures
São Paulo Medical Journal 2025 A. Perez
Introduction: Clarice Lispector, one of the most important voices in Brazilian literature, often described states of altered consciousness in her narratives. In novels such as The Passion According to G.H. and Água Viva, she evokes intense experiences of derealization, emotional flooding, distortion of time and space, and mystical insight. These descriptions are strikingly like the subjective...