How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life

The book "How Should a Person Be?" by Sheila Heti is a groundbreaking, genre-defying novel that delves into the complexities of friendship, sex, and love in the new millennium.

Through a series of transcribed conversations, real emails, and fictional elements, Heti crafts a work that is both literary and self-help manual, offering fresh wisdom on how to live life with purpose and authenticity.

The novel follows Sheila, a twentysomething playwright struggling to find her footing after a failed marriage, as she navigates her relationships with Margaux, a talented painter, and Israel, a sexy and depraved artist.

With a unique blend of hyperreal detail, sweeping gestures from the realm of parable, and self-reflexive distortions, Heti's voice is both startling and original, leaving readers wondering what's real and what's invented.

This book will resonate with anyone looking for a compulsive read that challenges conventional wisdom on love and life.