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How should a Person be?

"From the internationally acclaimed author of The Middle Stories and Ticknor comes a bold interrogation into the possibility of a beautiful life. How Should a Person Be? is a novel of many identities: an autobiography of the mind, a postmodern self-help book, and a fictionalized portrait of the artist as a young woman -- of two such artists, in fact. For reasons multiple and mysterious, Sheila finds herself in a quandary of self-doubt, questioning how a person should be in the world. Inspired by her friend Margaux, a painter, and her seemingly untortured ability to live and create, Sheila casts Margaux as material, embarking on a series of recordings in which nothing is too personal, too ugly, or too banal to be turned into art. Along the way, Sheila confronts a cast of painters who are equally blocked in an age in which the blow job is the ultimate art form. She begins questioning her desire to be Important, her quest to be both a leader and a pupil, and her unwillingness to sacrifice herself. Searching, uncompromising and yet mordantly funny, How Should a Person Be? is a brilliant portrait of art-making and friendship from the psychic underground of Canada's most fiercely original writer"--Provided by publisher.

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  • ""From the internationally acclaimed author of The Middle Stories and Ticknor comes a bold interrogation into the possibility of a beautiful life. How Should a Person Be? is a novel of many identities: an autobiography of the mind, a postmodern self-help book, and a fictionalized portrait of the artist as a young woman -- of two such artists, in fact. For reasons multiple and mysterious, Sheila finds herself in a quandary of self-doubt, questioning how a person should be in the world. Inspired by her friend Margaux, a painter, and her seemingly untortured ability to live and create, Sheila casts Margaux as material, embarking on a series of recordings in which nothing is too personal, too ugly, or too banal to be turned into art. Along the way, Sheila confronts a cast of painters who are equally blocked in an age in which the blow job is the ultimate art form. She begins questioning her desire to be Important, her quest to be both a leader and a pupil, and her unwillingness to sacrifice herself. Searching, uncompromising and yet mordantly funny, How Should a Person Be? is a brilliant portrait of art-making and friendship from the psychic underground of Canada's most fiercely original writer"--Provided by publisher."@en
  • "A 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" (Bookforum) 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'"@en
  • "Een moderne en artistieke jonge vrouw in Toronto probeert erachter te komen hoe te leven."
  • "Facing a creative dilemma after a failed marriage, Sheila gathers inspiration from a depraved and free-spirited artist who becomes her lover, in a tale based on incidents from the author's life."@en
  • "Sheila va avoir 30 ans, son mariage est un désastre, l'écriture de sa pièce de théâtre n'avance pas. Elle s'inspire de ce et ceux qu'elle aime, entre Israël, son amant qui la met à l'épreuve et Margaux avec qui elle noue une intense amitié."
  • "Facing a creative dilemma after a failed marriage, Sheila gathers inspiration from a depraved and free-spirited artist who becomes her lover, in a tale based on incidents from the author's true life."
  • "Facing a creative dilemma after a failed marriage, Sheila gathers inspiration from a depraved and free-spirited artist who becomes her lover, in a tale based on incidents from the author's true life."@en
  • "Is it a possible to life a beautiful life? Astonished by her friend Margaux's seemingly untortured ability to live and to paint, Sheila begins to treat Margaux and their circle of friends as specimens in an experiment that she hopes will reveal the answer."

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  • "Roman canadien de langue anglaise"
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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"

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  • "Wie sollten wir sein? ein Roman aus dem Leben"
  • "How should a Person be?"@en
  • "Wie sollten wir sein? : ein Roman aus dem Leben"
  • "Wie sollten wir sein? Ein Roman aus dem Leben"
  • "How should a person be ?"
  • "¿Cómo debería ser una persona? : una novela desde la vida"@es
  • "How Should a Person Be?"@en
  • "How Should a Person Be?"
  • "How should a person be? : [a novel from life]"
  • "Hoe moet je zijn? : roman"
  • "Hvordan skal man være som menneske? : roman"@da
  • "Comment être quelqu'un ?"
  • "How should a person be?"
  • "How should a person be?"@en

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