Normal People A Novel by Sally Rooney
Brand: Hogarth Press
Product Description
NOW AN EMMYNOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL SERIES NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships People from the author of Conversations with Friends a master of the literary pageturner J. Courtney Sullivan. ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADEEntertainment Weekly TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARPeople Slate The New York Public Library Harvard Crimson AND BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARThe New York Times The New York Times Book Review O The Oprah Magazine Time NPR The Washington Post Vogue Esquire Glamour Elle Marie Claire Vox The Paris Review Good Housekeeping Town ampamp Country Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town but the similarities end there. At school Connell is popular and well liked while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversationawkward but electrifyingsomething life changing begins. A year later theyre both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university Marianne and Connell circle one another straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into selfdestruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Normal People is the story of mutual fascination friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they cant. Praise for Normal People A novel that demands to be read compulsively in one sitting.The Washington Post Arguably the buzziest novel of the season Sally Rooneys elegant sophomore effort . . . is a worthy successor to Conversations with Friends. Here again she unflinchingly explores class dynamics and young love with wit and nuance.The Wall Street Journal Rooney has been hailed as the first great millennial novelist for her stories of love and late capitalism. . . . She writes some of the best dialogue Ive read.The New Yorker show more
Condition : New
Author : Sally Rooney
Weight : 347
Publisher : Hogarth Press
Language : English
EAN : 9781984822185
ISBN10 : 1984822187
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20210302
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 131 X 201 X 18mm