{"product_id":"9781770892484","title":"How Should a Person Be?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and selected as a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book and Huffington Post Best Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Middle Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTicknor\u003c\/em\u003e comes a bold interrogation into the possibility of a beautiful life. \u003cem\u003eHow Should a Person Be?\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearching, uncompromising and yet mordantly funny, \u003cem\u003eHow Should a Person Be?\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant portrait of art-making and friendship from the psychic underground of Canada's most fiercely original writer. This paperback edition features new and expanded content.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sheila Heti (CA)","offers":[{"title":"House of Anansi Press Inc |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2012-06-16","offer_id":46402901213439,"sku":"9781770892484","price":18.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_679a1043-dd4a-429d-be4d-5b65770b656c.jpg?v=1734022586","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781770892484","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}