'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

About the Author
Clarice Lispector (Author)
Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian novelist and short-story writer. Her innovation in fiction brought her international renown. She was born in the Ukraine in 1920, but in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Civil War, the family fled to Romania and eventually Brazil. She published her first novel, Near to the Wildheart, in 1943, when she was just twenty-three, and the next year was awarded the Graca Aranha Prize for the best first novel. She died in 1977, shortly after the publication of her final novel, The Hour of the Star.



Reviews
Her brilliant and bewildering style is helping me to imagine how to write again -- Jenny Offill * The Times *
One of the very great writers of the last century * Guardian *
An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures teaches us how to love. And how love lies in spaces. In waiting -- Carlos Valladares * Gagosian Quarterly *
Lispector had an ability to write as though no one had ever written before -- Colm Toibin



Book Information
ISBN 9780241371367
Author Clarice Lispector
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 120g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 10mm