{"product_id":"9781250032447","title":"How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeti, Sheila\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEDITORS' CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"STYLISTICALLY INVENTIVE, CEREBRAL, AND SEXY\"* BREAKOUT NOVEL OF FRIENDSHIP, ART, AND LOVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Funny…odd, original, and nearly unclassifiable...Unlike any other novel I can think of.\"—David Haglund,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHailed as \"a breakthrough\" (Chris Kraus,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e) for the critically acclaimed Sheila Heti,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Should a Person Be?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an unabashedly honest and hilarious tour through the unknowable pieces of one woman's heart and mind. It has ignited conversation and earned Heti comparisons to Joan Didion, Henry Miller, Kathy Acker, and Gustave Flaubert. Part literary novel, part self-help manual, and part bawdy exploration of the artistic impulse, it shocked and excited critics and readers with its raw, urgent depiction of female friendships and of the shape of our lives right now. In a novel \"unlike any other,\" Heti breathes new life into the essential questions: What is the most noble way to love? What kind of person should you be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• For readers of Miranda July, Mary McCarthy, and Sloane Crosley\u003cbr\u003e• For fans of Lena Dunham's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48406480617705,"sku":"9781250032447","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781250032447.jpg?v=1747771891","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9781250032447","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}