The Sheila Heti Ebook Bundle: Ticknor, The Middle Stories, and How Should a Person Be

Now available in an exclusive ebook bundle, three books of fiction from Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Sheila Heti. In Ticknor, her first novel, Sheila Heti has created a memorable new hero of Prufrockian dimension. George Ticknor is trying to reconcile his own failure with the success of his boyhood friend, the famous American historian William Prescott. Situated in the complicated & contradictory moments that make friendships both tenuous & difficult to relinquish, Ticknor’s fixated thoughts about his & Prescott’s dissimilar fates lead him through a litany of rationalizations & recriminations, a psychological maze that is paranoid & harrowing as well as ludicrous & absurd. The stories in The Middle Stories balance wisdom & innocence, joy & foreboding. A frog doles out sage advice to a plumber infatuated with a princess, a boy falls hopelessly in love with a monkey, & a man with a hat keeps apocalyptic thoughts at bay by resolving to follow a plan that he admits he won’t stick to. Heti’s stories are not what you expect, but why did you expect that anyway? Sheila Heti’s critically acclaimed novel How Should a Person Be? is an unabashedly honest & hilarious tour through the unknowable pieces of one woman’s heart & mind, an irresistible torn-from-life book about friendship, art, sex, & love. Part literary novel, part self-help manual, & part racy confessional, it is a fearless exploration into the way we live now by one of Canada's most exciting literary talents.°°°Sheila Heti is the author of eleven books, including the novels Pure Colour, Motherhood, & How Should a Person Be?, which New York deemed one of the "New Classics" of the twenty-first century. She was named one of the "New Vanguard" by the New York Times book critics, who, along with a dozen other magazines & newspapers, chose Motherhood as a top book of 2018. Her books have been translated into 24 languages. Now available in an exclusive ebook bundle, three books of fiction from Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Sheila Heti. In Ticknor , her first novel, Sheila Heti has created a memorable new hero of Prufrockian dimension. George Ticknor is trying to reconcile his own failure with the success of his boyhood friend, the famous American historian William Prescott. Situated in the complicated and contradictory moments that make friendships both tenuous and difficult to relinquish, Ticknor's fixated thoughts about his and Prescott's dissimilar fates lead him through a litany of rationalizations and recriminations, a psychological maze that is paranoid and harrowing as well as ludicrous and absurd. The stories in The Middle Stories balance wisdom and innocence, joy and foreboding. A frog doles out sage advice to a plumber infatuated with a princess, a boy falls hopelessly in love with a monkey, and a man with a hat keeps apocalyptic thoughts at bay by resolving to follow a plan that he admits he won't stick to. Heti's stories are not what you expect, but why did you expect that anyway? Sheila Heti's critically acclaimed novel How Should a Person Be? is an unabashedly honest and hilarious tour through the unknowable pieces of one woman's heart and mind, an irresistible torn-from-life book about friendship, art, sex, and love. Part literary novel, part self-help manual, and part racy confessional, it is a fearless exploration into the way we live now by one of Canada's most exciting literary talents. Balancing Wisdom And Innocence, Joy And Foreboding, Sheila Heti’s Completely Original Stories Lead You To Surprising Places. This Edition Featuring Nine New Stories. A Frog Doles Out Sage Advice To A Plumber Infatuated With A Princess, A Boy Falls Hopelessly In Love With A Monkey, And A Man With A Hat Keeps Apocalyptic Thoughts At Bay By Resolving To Follow A Plan That He Admits He Won’t Stick To. Globe And Mail Critic Russell Smith Has Described Heti’s Stories As Cryptic Fairy Tales Without Morals At The End, But Really The Morals Are In The Quality Of The Telling And In The Details Disclosed Along The Way. Look Where You Weren’t Going To Look, Think What You Wouldn't Have Thought, Heti Seems To Say, And Meaning Itself Gains More Meaning, More Dimensions. Heti’s Stories Are Not What You Expect, But Why Did You Expect That Anyway? This Special New Edition Features Nine New Stories That Were Not Available In The First Canadian Edition. Balancing wisdom and innocence, joy and foreboding, each story in The Middle Stories leads us to surprising places. A frog doles out sage advice to a plumber infatuated with a princess, a boy falls hopelessly in love with a monkey, and a man with a hat keeps apocalyptic thoughts at bay by resolving to follow a plan that he admits he won't stick to.Globe and Mail critic Russell Smith has described Heti's stories as cryptic fairy tales without morals at the end, but really the morals are in the quality of the telling and in the details disclosed along the way. Look where you weren't going to look, think what you wouldn't have thought, Heti seems to say, and meaning itself gains more meaning, more dimensions. Heti's stories are not what you expect, but why did you expect that anyway? Balancing wisdom and innocence, joy and foreboding, each story in The Middle Stories leads us to surprising places. A frog doles out sage advice to a plumber infatuated with a princess, a boy falls hopelessly in love with a monkey, and a man with a hat keeps apocalyptic thoughts at bay by resolving to follow a plan that he admits he won't stick to. Globe and Mail critic Russell Smith has described Heti's stories as cryptic fairy tales without morals at the end, but really the morals are in the quality of the telling and in the details disclosed along the way. Look where you weren't going to loo