Book description
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013
Reeling from a failed marriage, Sheila, a twentysomething
playwright, finds herself unsure of how to live and create. When
Margaux, a talented painter and free spirit, and Israel, a sexy and
depraved artist, enter her life, Sheila hopes that through
close-sometimes too close-observation of her new friend, her new
lover, and herself, she might regain her footing in art and life.
Using transcribed conversations, real emails, plus heavy doses of
fiction, the brilliant and always innovative Sheila Heti crafts a work
that is part literary novel, part self-help manual, and part bawdy
confessional. It's a totally shameless and dynamic exploration into
the way we live now, which breathes fresh wisdom into the eternal
questions: What is the sincerest way to love? What kind of person
should you be?
Sheila Heti is the author of several books of fiction, including
The Middle Stories
and
Ticknor
, and a book of "conversational philosophy" called
The
Chairs Are Where the People Go
, written with Misha Glouberman, which was chosen by
The New Yorker
as a best book of 2011. Her writing has appeared in
The New York Times
,
Bookforum
,
McSweeney's
,
n+1
,
The Guardian
, and other places. She works as interviews editor at
The Believer
magazine and lives in Toronto.
