An apprenticeship or the book of pleasures /

Lispector, Clarice,

An apprenticeship or the book of pleasures / Book of pleasures Clarice Lispector ; translated from the Portuguese by Stefan Tobler ; afterword by Sheila Heti ; edited by Benjamin Moser. - First edition. - ix, 149 pages ; 22 cm

"A New Directions book".

"In The Apprenticeship, or The Book of Pleasures, Clarice Lispector tries to discover how to bridge the gap between people, or how to even begin to try. A woman struggles to emerge from solitude and sadness into love, including sexual love: her guide on this journey is Ulisses, who (yes) leads her patiently into the fullness of life."--

9780811232210 (pbk.)

2020043515


Man-woman relationships --Fiction.


Psychological fiction.
Novels.

869.342 LIS / 023212