{"product_id":"how-should-a-person-be-a-novel-from-life-paperback","title":"How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheila Heti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen as one of fifteen remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write in the 21st century by the book critics of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Funny...odd, original, and nearly unclassifiable...unlike any novel I can think of.\"--David Haglund, The New York Times Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brutally honest and stylistically inventive, cerebral, and sexy.\"--San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Book of the Year by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlavorpill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Observer, The Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA raw, startling, genre-defying novel of friendship, sex, and love in the new millennium--a compulsive read that's like \"spending a day with your new best friend\" (\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns loved and reviled upon its U.S. publication, Sheila Heti's \"breakthrough novel\" (Chris Kraus, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e) is an unabashedly honest and hilarious tour through the unknowable pieces of one woman's heart and mind. Part literary novel, part self-help manual, and part vivid exploration of the artistic and sexual impulse, \u003ci\u003eHow Should a Person Be?\u003c\/i\u003e earned Heti comparisons to Henry Miller, Joan Didion, Mary McCarthy, and Flaubert, while shocking and exciting readers with its raw, urgent depiction of female friendship and of the shape of our lives now. Irreverent, brilliant, and completely original, Heti challenges, questions, frustrates, and entertains in equal measure. With urgency and candor she asks: What is the most noble way to love? What kind of person should you be?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila Heti\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Middle Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTicknor\u003c\/i\u003e; and an essay collection written with Misha Glouberman, \u003ci\u003eThe Chairs Are Where the People Go\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has been translated into ten languages and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and other places. She works as interviews editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.25 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52047204811053,"sku":"9781250032447","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/how-should-a-person-be-a-novel-from-life-paperback-3223437.webp?v=1780169768","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/how-should-a-person-be-a-novel-from-life-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}