Pure Colour

Sheila Heti

Publisher:
Penguin

In this first draft of the world, 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 his spirit passes into her. Together, they become a leaf on a tree. But photosynthesis gets boring, and being alive is a problem that cannot be solved, even by a leaf. Eventually, Mira must remember the human world she’s left behind, including Annie, and choose whether or not to return.

Winner of the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award in Fiction


Year
2023
Length
216 pages
Cover
Softback
Binding
Perfect binding
Dimensions
12.9 x 19.8 cm.

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