En Peter i l'Ivan son germans, pero no sembla que tinguin res en comu. El primer es un advocat carismatic instal*lat a la trentena, que aparenta tenir-ho tot sota control pero que depen de la medicacio per superar la mort del pare i gestionar les seves relacions amoroses. El segon es un jugador d'escacs professional que sempre s'ha considerat un inadaptat social, l'antitesi del seu frivol germa i que, poc despres de l'enterrament del pare, s'embarca en una relacio apassionada amb una dona mes gran, la Margaret. Els dos germans, sumits en el desconcert, encaren un nou interludi: un periode de desesperanca, desig i possibilitats; una oportunitat per descobrir quanta vida pot contenir un mateix a dins sense esclatar.
THE GLOBAL #1 BESTSELLER'Intermezzo is perfect ... Is there a better novelist at work right now?' Anthony Cummins, Observer'Her most mature and moving book to date ... I read it in a state of rapture.' Johanna Thomas-Corr, Sunday Times'If a perfect Sally Rooney novel exists, this might just be it . Her best novel yet.' Evening Standard'Rooney has discovered her full literary prowess.' Jo Hamya, IndependentFrom the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Normal People, an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family. Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties - successful, competent and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women - his enduring first love Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined. For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude - a period of desire, despair and possibility - a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking. Sally Rooney's book Intermezzo was a bestseller w/c 30/09/2024
Intermezzo ist die Geschichte zweier ungleicher Brüder. Peter, Anfang dreißig, ist ein charismatischer, desillusionierter Menschenrechtsanwalt; Ivan, zehn Jahre jünger, ein ernsthafter und introvertierter Schachspieler. Als Ivan klein war und Peter ein Teenager, standen die beiden sich nahe, später wurden sie einander immer fremder. Nun haben sie ihren geliebten Vater verloren, was alte Wunden aufs Neue aufreißt. Dann lernt Ivan Margaret kennen, deren Ehe gerade zerbrochen ist. Die Zuneigung zwischen ihnen ist echt, doch ihr Altersunterschied droht ihre Liebe zu zersprengen. Unterdessen verliert Peter seinen Halt. Er ist mit Naomi zusammen, einer jungen Studentin, doch er kann das frühere Leben mit Sylvia, seiner ersten Liebe, nicht hinter sich lassen. Entwurzelt, verletzt, voller Reue, erscheint das Leben ihm schal und kaum zu ertragen. Ihre Schuldgefühle, ihre Suche nach Sinn und Nähe treiben beide, Ivan und Peter, zu den Frauen in ihren Leben. Doch jeder von ihnen muss einen Weg finden, eine übermächtige Aufgabe zu meistern: wirklich zu trauern. Und wirklich zu lieben. Mit ihrem neuen Roman lässt Sally Rooney, eine der prägenden Autorinnen ihrer Generation, alle Zuschreibungen hinter sich und beweist, dass sie wie kaum jemand sonst wahrhaft menschliche Charaktere zu zeichnen versteht. Menschliches Begehren, menschliche Verzweiflung, menschliches Erkennen, das Geheimnis menschlicher Verbindung: Intermezzo ist aufwühlend und tröstend, eine Geschichte von Brüdern und Liebenden, erzählt mit der Spannung eines lang angehaltenen Atemzugs, der sich schließlich zu einer Auflösung von außergewöhnlicher emotionaler Wucht öffnet.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A National Indie BestsellerShort-listed for the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the YearFinalist for the Barnes and Noble Book of the YearNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Financial Times, Vogue, The Times (UK), and Publishers WeeklyA Chicago Public Library Favorite Book of the YearA New Yorker and Vulture Best Book of the Year (So Far) An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family-but especially love-from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties-successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women-his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined. For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude-a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.
'The literary phenomenon of the decade.' Guardian'The book that defined a generation.' Stylist**The modern classic behind the BAFTA-winning series. **Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins. Normal People is a 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 they can't. 'Tender and devastating.' Guardian'A book to cancel plans for.' Grazia'A classic coming-of-age love story.' Vogue
Two stories about the uncertainties of attraction, from the acclaimed author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends. 'Mr Salary' is Nathan. Sukie moved in with him years ago because her mother was dead and her father was difficult, and she had nowhere else to go. Now they are on the brink of the inevitable. My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all. In 'Colour and Light', Aidan and Pauline watch a firework display together. They are almost strangers. But their stumbling connection pains Aidan more than any casual flirtation. He now feels utterly confused as to why they seem to be arguing, confused to the point of abrupt despair.
'A nuanced, page-turning portrait.' Zadie Smith'Brilliant.' Marian Keyes'A sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships.' Sunday TelegraphThe critically-acclaimed debut novel from the globally bestselling author of Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. At night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Provence, beginning a complex menage-a-quatre. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.
Amodiozko historia bat da Sally Rooneyk eskaintzen diguna, zalantzarik gabe, baina, funtsean, munduan –eta amodioan ere– leku bila dabiltzan bi gaztek bizitza propio eta erakargarri bat eraikitzeko egin behar duten borrokaz dihardu idazle irlandarrak. Elkarrenganako erakarmena pasioz eta liluraz bizi dute bi protagonistek, baina gaizki ulertuek oztopatzen diete, etengabe, biek nahi luketen elkartzea. Idazleak 27 urte zituen, mundu osoan arrakasta itzela lortu duen eleberri sendo bezain hunkigarri hau idatzi zuenean, eta garbi uzten du gertutik eta modu harrigarrian ezagutzen dituela darabiltzan giro eta istorioen osagarriak. Eta hitz bakoitzean asmatzen du horien berri ematen. Arrakasta horren lekuko eta ondorio, BBCk izenburu bereko telesaila estreinatu du.
L'Alice se n'ha anat a viure a una mansió d'un poble on ningú sap qui és ni a què es dedica. Al cap de poc, coneixerà en Felix, un mosso de magatzem. Mentrestant, a Dublín, la seva amiga Eileen intenta arribar a final de mes mentre es recupera d'una ruptura amorosa flirtejant amb un vell conegut, en Simon.A través dels missatges que s'envien les amigues, comprendrem la importància que tenen les relacions afectives i sexuals per a una generació que se sent amenaçada per la precarietat i el desencís. I quan finalment es retrobin, les acompanyarem en la recerca de l'amor en aquest món bonic però incert.
En Connell i la Marianne han crescut al mateix poble de l'interior d'Irlanda, però en realitat provenen de dos mons molt diferents. La Marianne és una noia orgullosa, inadaptada i solitària. En Connell és un dels nois més populars de l'institut. També és el fill de la dona de fer feines de la mansió on viu la Marianne. Quan, tot i les diferències socials, sorgeix entre ells una connexió especial, provaran de mantenir-la oculta.Gent normal és una història delicada sobre com una persona pot transformar la vida d'una altra. És també una novel·la contundent sobre la incomunicació, sobre com ens sentim, sobre com necessitem els altres per ser qui som i, sobretot, quines relacions de poder i domini s'estableixen dins les relacions amoroses. És irònica i seductora, perspicaç i atrevida."Per què no poden ser tots els llibres així?"The Cut "D'aquí uns anys seguirem llegint aquest llibre. És increïblement important. L'autora va camí de convertir-se en la figura literària més important dels nostres dies."British Book Awards
»Schöne Welt, wo bist du hat die karge, intensive Melancholie eines Hopper-Gemäldes. Ihr bester Roman.«Brandon Taylor, The New York TimesAlice trifft Felix. Sie ist eine erfolgreiche Schriftstellerin, er arbeitet entfremdet in einer Lagerhalle. Sie begehren einander, doch können sie einander auch trauen? Alice' beste Freundin Eileen hat eine schmerzvolle Trennung hinter sich und fühlt sich aufs Neue zu Simon hingezogen, mit dem sie seit ihrer Kindheit eng verbunden ist. Sie lieben sich, doch ist der Versuch der Liebe den möglichen Verlust ihrer Freundschaft wert? Zwischen Dublin und einem kleinen Ort an der irischen Küste entfaltet Sally Rooney eine Geschichte von vier jungen Menschen, die sich nahe sind, die einander verletzen, die sich austauschen: über Sex, über Ungleichheit und was sie mit Beziehungen macht, über die Welt, in der sie leben. Schöne Welt, wo bist du ist eine universelle Geschichte über den Raum zwischen Alleinsein und Einsamkeit und über die Freiheit, sein Leben mit anderen zu teilen – überwältigend klug, voller Klarheit und Trost.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • COMING TO HULU IN 2020 • SALLY ROONEY NAMED TO THE 2019 TIME 100 NEXT LIST
“A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People) from the author of Conversations with Friends, “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan).
NAMED ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • The New York Public Library • Slate AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Dwight Garner, The New York Times • The New York TImes Book Review • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • NPR • The Washington Post • Vogue • Esquire • Glamour • Elle • Marie Claire • Good Housekeeping • The Dallas Morning News • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage • BookRiot
“Absolutely engrossing and surprisingly heartbreaking with more depth, subtlety, and insight than any one novel deserves.”—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 conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life changing begins.
A year later, they’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 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 can’t.
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 Rooney’s 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 I’ve read.”—The New Yorker
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • COMING TO HULU IN 2020 • SALLY ROONEY NAMED TO THE 2019 TIME 100 NEXT LIST
“A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People) from the author of Conversations with Friends, “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan).
NAMED ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York TImes Book Review • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • The Washington Post • Vogue • Esquire • Glamour • Elle • Good Housekeeping • The Dallas Morning News • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage
“Absolutely engrossing and surprisingly heartbreaking with more depth, subtlety, and insight than any one novel deserves.”—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 conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life changing begins.
A year later, they’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 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 can’t.
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 Rooney’s 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 I’ve read.”—The New Yorker
'It was incredible how fear and danger never produced ignoble words but always true ones, words that were torn from your very heart.'Anna, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl in a small town in northern Italy, finds herself pregnant after a brief romance. To save her reputation, she marries aneccentric older family friend, Cenzo Rena, and they move to his village in the south. Their relationship is touched by tragedy and grace as the events of their life in the countryside run parallel to the war and the encroaching threat of fascism and in their wake, a society dealing with anxiety and grief. At the heart of the novel is a concern with experiences that both deepen and deaden existence: adultery and air raids, neighbourhood quarrels and bombings. With her signature clear-eyed wit, Natalia Ginzburg asks how we can act with integrity when faced with catastrophe, and how we can love well.
A sharply intelligent novel about two college students and the strange, unexpected connection they forge with a married couple
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed, and darkly observant. A college student and aspiring writer, she devotes herself to a life of the mind--and to the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi, her best friend and comrade-in-arms. Lovers at school, the two young women now perform spoken-word poetry together in Dublin, where a journalist named Melissa spots their potential. Drawn into Melissa''s orbit, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman''s sophisticated home and tall, handsome husband. Private property, Frances believes, is a cultural evil--and Nick, a bored actor who never quite lived up to his potential, looks like patriarchy made flesh. But however amusing their flirtation seems at first, it gives way to a strange intimacy neither of them expect. As Frances tries to keep her life in check, her relationships increasingly resist her control: with Nick, with her difficult and unhappy father, and finally even with Bobbi. Desperate to reconcile herself to the desires and vulnerabilities of her body, Frances''s intellectual certainties begin to yield to something new: a painful and disorienting way of living from moment to moment.
Written with gem-like precision and probing intelligence, Conversations With Friends is wonderfully alive to the pleasures and dangers of youth.
** Sally Rooney's new novel Intermezzo is available now **THE SUNDAY TIMES AND GLOBAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERWINNER OF NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDSOVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD ACROSS ALL FABER EDITIONS'A tour de force.' Anne Enright, Guardian'Rooney's best novel yet.' Brandon Taylor, New York Times'Get ready to have your heart broken all over again.' Red'The book moved me to tears more than once.' The TimesAlice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young - but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they worry about sex and friendship and the times they live in. Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?Sally Rooney's book Beautiful World, Where Are You was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 11-09-2021
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all. Years ago, Sukie moved in with Nathan because her mother was dead and her father was difficult, and she had nowhere else to go. Now they are on the brink of the inevitable. Sally Rooney is one of the most acclaimed young talents of recent years. With her minute attention to the power dynamics in everyday speech, she builds up sexual tension and throws a deceptively low-key glance at love and death.
'The literary phenomenon of the decade.' Guardian'The book that defined a generation.' Stylist** Read the modern classic behind the BAFTA-winning series. **Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins. Normal People is a 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 they can't. 'Tender and devastating.' Guardian'A book to cancel plans for.' Grazia'A classic coming-of-age love story.' VogueSally Rooney's book 'Normal People' was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2018-12-24
** Sally Rooney's new novel Intermezzo is available now **'A nuanced, page-turning portrait.' Zadie Smith'Brilliant.' Marian Keyes'A sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships.' Sunday TelegraphThe critically-acclaimed debut novel from the globally bestselling author of Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. At night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Provence, beginning a complex menage-a-quatre. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.
A sharply intelligent novel about two college students and the strange, unexpected connection they forge with a married couple
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed, and darkly observant. A college student and aspiring writer, she devotes herself to a life of the mind--and to the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi, her best friend and comrade-in-arms. Lovers at school, the two young women now perform spoken-word poetry together in Dublin, where a journalist named Melissa spots their potential. Drawn into Melissa''s orbit, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman''s sophisticated home and tall, handsome husband. Private property, Frances believes, is a cultural evil--and Nick, a bored actor who never quite lived up to his potential, looks like patriarchy made flesh. But however amusing their flirtation seems at first, it gives way to a strange intimacy neither of them expect. As Frances tries to keep her life in check, her relationships increasingly resist her control: with Nick, with her difficult and unhappy father, and finally even with Bobbi. Desperate to reconcile herself to the desires and vulnerabilities of her body, Frances''s intellectual certainties begin to yield to something new: a painful and disorienting way of living from moment to moment.
Written with gem-like precision and probing intelligence, Conversations With Friends is wonderfully alive to the pleasures and dangers of youth.
Mlada spisateljica Alice odluči preseliti se iz Dublina u malo mjesto na zapadu Irske, gdje putem Tindera upozna skladištara Felixa i unatoč prvom neuspjelom spoju neočekivano ga pozove da s njom otputuje na predstavljanje njezina romana. U Dublinu njezina najbolja prijateljica Eileen proživljava teške trenutke i iznova počinje izlaziti sa Simonom, svojom ljubavlju iz djetinjstva.
Alice, Felix, Eileen i Simon i dalje su mladi, ali život ih nosi. Trebaju jedno drugo, poigravaju se međusobno, zbližavaju se i udaljavaju, vode ljubav, sumnjaju u sebe i svoje osjećaje, no najviše od svega zabrinuti su za svijet u kojem žive – svijet koji se nalazi na rubu ekološke katastrofe, u kojem vlada Trump, svijet neoliberalizma. Pitaju se jesu li oni posljednji koji svjedoče kraju epohe, kako da pomognu osiromašenima, hoće li uspjeti vratiti vlastitu vjeru u naš divni svijet.
Divni svijete, gdje si ljubavni je roman i roman o prijateljstvu, filozofska i ekološka rasprava, ali nadasve djelo u kojem Sally Rooney hrabro, bez zadrške i ubojito točno ocrtava stanje naše svijesti i našega svijeta, roman kojim opravdava epitet najbolje spisateljice svoje generacije.
KULT Könyvek
A Normális emberek és a Baráti beszélgetések című könyvek szerzőjétől
„Az évtized irodalmi tüneménye.” - Guardian
„A legjobb idei regény.” - The Times
„Alsó hangon elképesztő.” - Independent
„Az év legszórakoztatóbb regénye.” - Daily Telegraph
„Igéző huszonegyedik századi szerelmi történet.” - TLS
Alice, aki regényíró, összeismerkedik Felixszel, aki egy raktárban dolgozik, és megkérdi, lenne-e kedve elkísérni őt Rómába. Alice legjobb barátnője Dublinban él, és éppen egy szakításon van túl. Újra flörtölni kezd Simonnal, akit már gyerekkora óta ismer.
Alice, Felix, Eileen és Simon még fiatalok - de ha nem vigyáznak, elrohan felettük az élet. Vágynak egymásra, félrevezetik egymást, összejönnek, szétmennek. Aggodalmakat olt beléjük a szex, a barátság, a mindannyiunkat körülvevő világ. Valóban ez az utolsó kivilágított helyiség, amiben ők állnak, hogy tanúi legyenek valaminek, mielőtt minden elsötétül? Van rá módjuk, hogy elhiggyék: a világ igenis szép?
A könyv címe – amely eleve egy megválaszolhatatlan kérdés – már előrevetíti a szereplőket érintő dilemmákat, amivel manapság mindannyian szembesülünk. A félelmet gerjesztő kérdéseket a jövőnket illetően, hogy mi lesz veszélyben lévő bolygónkkal, mi lesz a rogyadozó lábakon álló gazdasággal és az egyre aggasztóbb politikai helyzettel? És persze mi lesz a szerelemmel? Felnőni képtelen felnőtt karakterei ezúttal is saját személyiségük végtelen kozmoszában keringenek, és csak nehezen tudnak egymáshoz közelíteni „bolygóik”, hiába kerülnek egymáshoz olyan közel fizikailag. Rooney a két főhős levelezésében többek között az ókori világot idéző pazarló és istentelen világ élhetetlenségét festi meg, és felveti, hogy a 21. század ugyanúgy fogja magát kiirtani, mint már több régi társadalmi rendszer. Ám a szerző úgy fejezi aggodalmát a politikai élet, illetve a közélet pusztulásáról, klímakatasztrófáról, a kortárs regények értelmetlenségéről, hogy eszmefuttatásait egyáltalán nem érezzük zavarónak. A szöveg pedig hiába szól a kilátástalanságról, izgalmasan ragyog fel mondataiban újra és újra egy kis remény: a hit abban, hogy hiába fenyegeti az emberiséget a teljes kihalás, azért a legfontosabb két dolog, amiért érdemes élni mégiscsak a szerelem és a barátság. Az óvatos optimizmus finom fénnyel vonja be az egész írást: pont, mint Olaszország fényei, melyet az egyik szereplő annyira kedvel, ahol szerinte aranyesték és kék fények vannak. Ez a szép világ utáni sóvárgás a borító sárga-kékjében is megjelenik.
„Lenyűgöző... Rooney a legjobb fiatal regényíró - ami azt illeti, abszolút értelemben is ő az egyik legjobb. Évek óta nem olvastam ilyen jót.” - New Statesman
„Tehetséges, bátor és kalandvágyó szerző, kivételesen jó megfigyelője annak, hogy az emberek hogyan hazudnak önmaguknak, hogy mennyi mindent megbocsájtanak, és mindenekelőtt kivételes képessége van a szerelem megjelenítésére. A Normális emberek klasszikusként fog bevonulni a jövőbe.” - Observer
„A Normális embereket nem tudtam letenni. Nem hittem, hogy bármi is tetszhet majd annyira, mint a Baráti beszélgetések. Pedig így történt. Alig várom, hogy kiderüljön, mit ír következőre.” - Elif Batuman
Sally Rooney Sunday Times és New York Times bestsellerszerző. Eddig megjelent regényei: Baráti beszélgetések, Normális emberek - utóbbi átlépte a világszerte eladott egymillió példányt. Jelölései: Booker-díj, Dylan Thomas-díj, Rathbones Folio-díj, Desmond Elliott-díj, a Legjobb Női Regényíró díja. A Normális emberek 2018-ban Costa-díjban részesült, 2019-ben az év könyve lett a Waterstonesnál. Sally Rooney társforgatókönyvíróként részt vett a Normális emberekből készült tévésorozat megírásában, amelyet 2020-ban mutattak be a BBC-n. A Baráti beszélgetésekből készült BBC-sorozat bemutatóját 2022-re tűzték ki.
Frances je trezvena, mračno pronicljiva mlada žena koja studira u Dublinu i ima snažnu, maglovitu želju postati spisateljica. Njezina je prijateljica prelijepa Bobbi, beskrajno opsjednuta samom sobom. Jedne večeri, na pjesničkoj večeri u gradu, njih dvije upoznaju slavnu petnaestak godina stariju fotografkinju i dok ih ona postupno uvlači u svoj svijet, Frances nevoljko shvaća da su je se dojmili njezina profinjena kuća i njezin zgodni suprug Nick. No premda se Francesin i Nickov flert isprva doima zabavno, s vremenom počinje ustupati mjesto čudnoj, a potom i bolnoj intimnosti.
Napisan s briljantnom preciznošću, protkan pametnim humorom, roman Razgovori s prijateljima odiše sviješću o zadovoljstvima i opasnostima koje nosi mladost te o granicama ženskog prijateljstva koje je teško uredno povući.
Sally Rooney ovim je romanom postala globalna zvijezda. Razgovori s prijateljima po mnogočemu imaju kultni status među čitateljicama i čitateljima, jer oni su manifest ne samo jedne generacije već i jednog vremena.
“Roman Razgovori s prijateljima nijansiran je, napet portret iznimno inteligentne studentice koja se uplela u bolnu ljubavnu vezu sa starijim, oženjenim muškarcem.” – Zadie Smith, Elle
“Rijetki su autori s toliko samopouzdanja, s takvim lucidnim, preciznim stilom… Jedan krasan vid ovog romana, koji je dosljedno divan od početka do kraja, jest razorna jasnoća kojom Rooney preispituje samoobmanu što se toliko često razbukta usporedo s uobraziljom o poznavanju samog sebe… No Rooney ima prirodnu moć psihološkog portretiranja. Točno i profinjeno opisuje funkcioniranje nedužnosti; protagonistica ovog romana o odrastanju nema pojma koliko je još posla pred njom.” – The New Yorker
“Samoobmane nove generacije u srži su prvijenca Sally Rooney Razgovori s prijateljima, koji nam u priči o irskoj milenijalki donosi nešto predivno pomaknuto i stvarno…” – Megan O’Grady, Vogue ‘s 10 Best Books of 2017
“Rooney sjajno piše o tome kako je biti mlada, nadarena, no autodestruktivna žena, i u duhovnom i u tjelesnom smislu.” – The Guardian
“[Sally] Rooney odražava raspoloženje i glas suvremenih žena, njihovih odnosa s drugim ljudima i zabrinutosti koja iz njih proizlazi, a da pritom nije ni najmanje predvidiva… Pametna, moderna knjiga o kompliciranoj ženi i njezinim romantičnim vezama.” – Kirkus
“Vrlo zabavna, vrlo ljudska, zbrkana priča o seksualnom i umjetničkom otkrivanju sebe, u kojoj na svakoj stranici pronalazimo oštroumne uvide u ljudske osjećaje. Na razmeđu laserski precizne ironije i sentimentalne iskrenosti, ova je knjiga remek-djelo čiji je pripovjedni ton probudio u meni očajničku želju da pročitam sve što Rooney ubuduće napiše… Neodoljiv, duhovit, iskren roman prvijenac o ljubavi i književnosti.” – Metro
“Dijalozi su veličanstveni, kao i uvid u komunikaciju u doba elektroničkih naprava. Rooney ima čarobnu sposobnost ispisivanja prizora koji su toliko vjerodostojni da stvaraju napetost čak i kad se malošto događa.” – Curtis Sittenfeld, The Week
“U ovom žestokom, pronicljivom prvijencu Rooney nam pruža nemilosrdan pogled na hirovitost međuljudskih odnosa… raspravu o bračnom životu, učinku nevjere, posljedicama ljudskih postupaka i o tome kako odabir osobe s kojom ćemo biti može utjecati na našu individualnost.” – Publishers Weekly
“Rooney je nadarena za prožimanje svakodnevnog života osjećajem visoke rizičnosti… roman zanosnih nesuglasja.” – New York Magazine
