Normal People: A Novel

Normal People: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMESÂ BESTSELLER â€¢ LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEÂ â€¢ COMING TO HULU IN 2020 â€¢Â SALLY ROONEY NAMED TO THE 2019Â TIMEÂ 100 NEXT LISTÂ

â€œA stunning novel about the transformative power of relationshipsâ€ (People) from the author ofÂ Conversations with Friends,Â â€œa master of the literary page-turnerâ€ (J. Courtney Sullivan).

â€œAbsolutely engrossing and surprisingly heartbreaking with more depth, subtlety, and insight than any one novel deserves.â€â€”Stephanie Danler

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 conversationâ€”awkward but electrifyingâ€”something life changing begins.

A year later, theyâ€™re 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 self-destruction and he begins toÂ search for meaning elsewhere, each must confrontÂ how far they are willing to go to save the other.

Normal PeopleÂ 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 canâ€™t.
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Praise forÂ Normal People
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â€œ[A] novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting.â€â€”The Washington Post

â€œArguably the buzziest novel of the season, Sally Rooneyâ€™s elegant sophomore effort . . . is a worthy successor toÂ Conversations with Friends. Here, again, she unflinchingly explores class dynamics and young love with wit and nuance.â€â€”The Wall Street Journal,Â â€œ12 Best Books of Springâ€

â€œ[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 Iâ€™ve read.â€â€”The New Yorker

â€œFresh and accessible . . . There is so much to say about Rooneyâ€™s fictionâ€”in my experience, when people whoâ€™ve read her meet they tend to peel off into corners to talk.â€â€”Dwight Garner,Â The New York Times
Country USA
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-04-16
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-04-16
Format	Kindle eBook

Normal People: A Novel

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