Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

One of the very great writers of the last century' Guardian

'Lispector had an ability to write as though no one had ever written before' Colm Toibin

'He'd wait for her, she knew that now. Until she learned'

Lori yearns for love yet is scared of herself, and of connecting with another human. When she meets Ulisses, a Professor of Philosophy, she is forced to confront her fears. As both of them will learn, to be worthy of another person, they must first be fully themselves. The book of which Clarice Lispector said, 'I humanized myself', An Apprenticeship is about the ultimate unknowability of the other in a relationship, and what it means to love and be loved.

Translated by Stefan Tobler

Edited by Benjamin Moser with an Afterword by Sheila Heti

Unul dintre cei mai mari scriitori ai secolului trecut' Guardian 'Lispector a avut abilitatea de a scrie ca si cum nimeni nu ar fi scris vreodata pana acum' Colm Toibin 'O va astepta, ea stia asta acum. Pana cand a aflat ca Lori tanjeste dupa dragoste, dar se teme de ea insasi si de a se conecta cu un alt om.