Pure Colour

"'Beautiful and impossible to put down. Sheila Heti is a genius."' Avni Doshi "'This one-of-a-kind novel... feels nothing less than vital."' Observer "'Pure Colour is an original, a book that says something new for our difficult times."' Anne Enright, Guardian "'A treat to read."' Stylist *A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, Daily Mail, AnOther and Cosmopolitan Books for 2022 pick* What if this world is just a first draft, made by some great artist in order to be destroyed? In this first draft, a woman named Mira leaves home to study. There, she meets Annie, whose tremendous power opens Mira"'s chest like a portal - to what, she doesn"'t know. When Mira is older, her beloved father dies, and she enters that strange and dizzying dimension that true loss opens up. Pure Colour tells the story of a life, from beginning to end. It is a galaxy of a novel: explosive, celestially bright, huge, and streaked with beauty. It is a contemporary bible, an atlas of feeling, and a shape-shifting epic. Sheila Heti is a philosopher of modern experience, and she has reimagined what a book can hold. _______________________ PRAISE FOR SHEILA HETI: "'Exhilarating...it made me want to write"' Sally Rooney, on How Should a Person Be? "'Sheila Heti has broken new ground"' Rachel Cusk, on Motherhood "'Complex, artfully messy and hilarious"' Miranda July, on How Should a Person Be? "'Thrilling, very funny, and almost unbearably moving"' Garth Greenwell, on Motherhood "'Courageous, necessary, visionary"' Elif Batuman, on Motherhood