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An apprenticeship or the book of pleasures / Clarice Lispector ; translated from the Portuguese by Stefan Tobler ; afterword by Sheila Heti ; edited by Benjamin Moser.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Publisher: New York : New Directions, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 149 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780811232210 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Book of pleasures
Uniform titles:
  • Aprendizagem. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 869.342 LIS 23 023212
Summary: "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."--
List(s) this item appears in: New Collection - July 2025
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 869.342 LIS 023212 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 25/07/2025 023212

"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."--

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