Sheila Heti

Trouble in Paradise

Cultivating the reader’s sympathy for her characters is not what Lena Andersson is after; she is more interested in tracking their mistakes of deduction, which lead them deeper into painful predicaments.

Asking the Right Questions

“I am interested in how much freedom a person can have—this freedom leading them to something that only they can do.”

Clarice Lispector and Love’s Apprentice

Who are these bizarre creatures, who ask of each other what no two people who are suffering from desire have perhaps ever asked?