Having children: yes or no? It’s one of the big questions. Sheila Heti searched for an answer in her book “Mutterschaft” with virtuosity. In the starinterview, the Canadian author talks about her personal decision and her new book.
Tall and cozy on the sofa in the background is Sheila Heti’s black Labrador Feldman. He’s dozing and still manages to keep an eye on the front yard in the canine multitasking way. In the center of the bookcase against the wall is a painted portrait of a black dog. The animal poses gracefully.
The star speaks to the Canadian bestselling author via video call at her home in Toronto. In mid-March, Heti’s new novel Reine Farb was published in German. The The 46-year-old would not be the successful, intellectual and precise chronicler and writer she is if her new book were not again about existential themes. This time about grief, about healing, about art and nature.