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HOW SHOULD A PERSON BE?
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| By: |
Sheila Heti |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1448161347 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781448161348 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2013 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Sheila's twenties were going to plan. She got married. She hosted parties. A theatre asked her to write a play. Then she realised that she didn't know how to write a play. So Sheila abandons her marriage and her play, befriends Margaux, a free and untortured painter, and begins sleeping with Israel, who's a genius at sex but not at art. |
| Synopsis: |
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 Sheila's twenties were going to plan. She got married.She hosted parties.A theatre asked her to write a play. Then she realised that she didn't know how to write a play. That her favourite part of the party was cleaning up after the party. And that her marriage made her feel like she was banging into a brick wall. So Sheila abandons her marriage and her play, befriends Margaux, a free and untortured painter, and begins sleeping with the dominating Israel, who's a genius at sex but not at art. She throws herself into recording them and everyone around her, investigating how they live, desperate to know, as she wanders, How Should a Person Be? Using transcripts, real emails, plus heavy doses of fiction, Heti crafts an exciting, courageous, and mordantly funny tour through one woman's heart and mind. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Encore Award 2014 (UK)
Long-listed for Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 (UK) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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