Pure Colour
{{Short description|Novel by Sheila Heti}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=November 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox novel
| name = Pure Colour
| image = Pure Colour (2022 novel).png
| country = Canada
| genre = Fiction
| isbn = 9780735282452
| exclude_cover = No
| media_type = {{Plainlist|
- Print: Hardcover, Paperback
- Digital: Audio Book, Kindle Edition}}
| published = February 15, 2022
| author = Sheila Heti
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| language = English
| caption = 2022 hardcover edition
| pages = 224
| illustrator =
| award = Governor General’s Literary Award
| website = {{URL|https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/671246/pure-colour-by-sheila-heti/9780735282452|Penguin Random House Canada}}
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Pure Colour is a novel by Canadian author Sheila Heti. Published by Knopf Canada, the book won the 2022 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.
Synopsis
Pure Colour is a novel about art, love, death, and time from beginning to end. Heti tells the story of a girl named Mira, her relationship with her father and how she deals with his death, and her love for Annie, who she meets while studying to become an art critic.
Reception
Pure Colour was generally well received in Canada and the United States. Dwight Garner, journalist for The New York Times writes, "Just like that, there’s magic," and "Heti owns a sharp axe. In Pure Colour the wood chips that fall are as interesting as the sculpture that gets made."{{Cite news |last=Garner |first=Dwight |date=February 7, 2022 |title=‘Pure Colour’ Seeks Answers About Love, Mortality and God |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/books/review-pure-colour-sheila-heti.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 16, 2022 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} At The New Yorker, American journalist and author Douglas Preston adds "This book, so full of argument, feels weightless. I note this with wonder. . . Heti's books aim to be vessels for the transformation of reader and writer."{{Cite web |last=Sehgal |first=Parul |author-link=Parul Sehgal |date=February 7, 2022 |title=In Sheila Heti’s Novel, Critics Could Save the World—or Destroy It |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/14/in-sheila-hetis-novel-critics-could-save-the-world-or-destroy-it |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=The New Yorker |language=en-US}} In The Globe and Mail, Nicole Thompson from The Canadian Press calls the novel "a strange and meditative book."{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Nicole |date=November 16, 2022 |title=Sheila Heti wins $25,000 Governor General’s fiction prize for Pure Colour |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-sheila-heti-wins-25000-governor-generals-fiction-prize-for-pure-colour/ |access-date=November 16, 2022 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}
Awards
References
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