Sheila Heti became world famous with philosophical, autofictional novels. The Old Testament background of her writing was hardly noticed. In “Pure Color” he can no longer be overlooked.
In each of her literary books translated into German so far, Sheila Heti has reinvented what a novel can be. Each novel by the 46-year-old Canadian author is radically different. She is always looking for a new, living form. “The good thing about being a woman is that we don’t yet have too many examples of what a genius looks like. I could very well be one,” says Heti’s international bestseller How Should A Person Be? from the year 2012.