Normal people : a novel / Sally Rooney.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593168202
- ISBN: 0593168208
- Physical Description: 388 pages (large print) ; 21 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2018
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Subject: | First loves > Fiction. Social classes > Fiction. College students > Fiction. |
Genre: | Large print books. |
Available copies
- 2 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 3 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | LT ROONE S (Text) | 33126022648673 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | LT ROONE S (Text) | 33126024652228 | Large Print Fiction | Checked out | 04/23/2024 |
Independence Branch | LT ROONE S (Text) | 33126024652202 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2018 November #2
In this follow-up to Irish author Rooney's award-winning debut,
Copyright 2018 Library Journal.Conversations with Friends , center-of-everyone's-attention Connell connects with proud, inward Marianne when he picks up his moter from work at Marianne's house. Their attraction continues at Trinity College in Dublin, but will Marianne's self-destructive tendencies end it all? - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2019 February #1
Marianne and Connell attend the same secondary school in Carricklea, a small town in Sligo, Ireland. The popular Connell, captain of the football team and a promising scholar, is the son of a single mother who cleans house for Marianne's mother. Marianne, bullied by her financially well-off family, occupies the lowest rung of the school's social ladder but outshines all of her peers academically. Though they avoid each other in public, Marianne and Connell share an intense emotional bond reinforced by secrecy and sex. Over several years, both will test and undermine this fierce and sometimes disturbing attachment. As the intimacy between Marianne and Connell evolves over time, they seem to identify and embrace varying degrees of self-worth from their powerful regard for each other, which may depend on a mutual acceptance of the social, economic, and emotional inequalities they have at different times embraced and exploited at their own and each other's expense.
Copyright 2019 Library Journal.VERDICT This brilliantly nuanced second novel fulfills the promise evident in the stunning debut,Conversations with Friends , as Rooney once again portrays to dazzling effect intelligent young adults who negotiate social roles and scenarios reinforcing power structures that, for better or worse, define relationships. Marianne and Connell are unforgettable characters, alluring and sympathetic, and Rooney is a formidable talent. A major literary achievement. [See Prepub Alert, 10/15/18.]âJohn G. Matthews, Washington State Univ. Libs., Pullman