'Normal People is fiction at its brightest and most inclusive in a universally relatable modern romance which has been a favourite amongst our booksellers and customers. Clever yet unpretentious,literary yet highly approachable,it is that rare gift of a novel which can be enjoyed by readers of all tastes.'-Bea Carvalho,Waterstones Fiction Buyer
Winner of Waterstones Book of the Year 2018
Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month for May 2019
Winnerof the Costa Novel Award 2018
Longlisted for theMan Booker Prize 2018.
Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2019
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Marianne is the young,affluent,intellectual wallflower; Connell is the boy everyone likes,shadowed by his family's reputation and poverty. Unlikely friends,and later lovers,their small town beginnings in rural Ireland are swiftly eclipsed by the heady worlds of student Dublin. Gradually their intense,mismatched love becomes a battleground of power,class,and the falsehoods they choose to believe.
Normal People is a tale of deceptive simplicity,a very accessible narrative of two seemingly mismatched young people who share a profound,inescapable understanding. Beyond that however is something properly universal,a study of how one person can forever shape and impact another. Marianne and Connell emerge almost shockingly real and deeply vulnerable in their different ways.
Sally Rooney has evolved into perhaps the most nuanced contemporary observer we have. Brimming with longing,regret and intimacy,Normal People is everything,as a culture,we need from our fiction. It is a story that is absolutely universal to us all,and it is brilliant.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571334650Number of pages: 304Weight: 253 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mmEdition: Main - Re-issue
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'Brings to mind everything from D.H. Lawrence to to Jane Austen. This will be a 21st-century classic.'- The Observer
'Rooney... has undoubtedly delivered one of the best novels of the year'- The Express
'Generous,expansive and explicit... unashamedly romanic,but in the most rapturously contemporary sense.'- The Observer
'Rooney,who has a superb eye for the finer details of human relationships,has undoubtedly delivered one of the best novels of the year'-The Express
'The best novel published this year.'- The Times
Normal People Cast and Creatives Q&A
Description
It's the million copy bestseller that became the most talked about TV adaptation so we had to create the best bit of lockdown entertainment we could together with Faber Members. Join author Sally Rooney,director Lenny Abrahamson and actors Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal as they talk to us about intimacy,supporting each other,and getting it right. Normal People: https://bit.ly/2z9RrOD
Sally Rooney
Born in the west of Ireland,Sally Rooney's work has appeared in publications including The New Yorker,The New York Times,Granta and The London Review of Books. In 2017 she was the winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. She is the author of Conversations with Friends and Normal People which was longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.
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