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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.“Funny... odd, original, and nearly unclassifiable... Sheila Heti does know something about how many of us, right now, experience the world, and she has gotten that knowledge down on paper, in a form, unlike any other novel I can think of.” – David Haglund, The New York Times Book ReviewUsing 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 question: Wh

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Author

Sheila Heti

Publisher

Vintage Books

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780099583561

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Rating

3.2 / 5 (60 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14