{"product_id":"normal-people","title":"Normal People","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWinner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSally Rooney\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the west of Ireland in 1991. Her work has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. Winner of the \n\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Young Writer of the Year Award, she is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2019, she was named to the inaugural \n\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e100 Next list.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[Rooney] has invented a sensibility entirely of her own: sunny and sharp, free of artifice but overflowing with wisdom and intensity. . . . The novel touches on class, politics, and power dynamics and brims with the sparky, witty conversation that Rooney's fans will recognize.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A future classic.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rooney is a tough girl; her papercut-sharp sensibility is much more akin to writers like Rachel Kushner, Mary Gaitskill, and the pre- \n\u003ci\u003eManhattan Beach \u003c\/i\u003eJennifer Egan \n\u003ci\u003e. . . . Normal People \u003c\/i\u003eis a nuanced and flinty love story about two young people who 'get' each other, despite class differences and the interference of their own vigorous personal demons. But honestly, Sally Rooney could write a novel about bath mats and I'd still read it. She's that good and that singular a writer.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Rooney] has written two fresh and accessible novels. . . . There is so much to say about Rooney's fiction--in my experience, when people who've read her meet they tend to peel off into corners to talk.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Rooney's] two carefully observed and gentle comedies of manners . . . are tender portraits of Irish college students. . . . Remarkably precise--she captures meticulously the way a generation raised on social data thinks and talks \n\u003cb\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eNormal People \u003c\/i\u003etackles millennial concerns with nineteenth-century wit . . . the millennial generation would no doubt be happy to accept her as its spokesperson were she so inclined.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I'm transfixed by the way Rooney works, and I'm hardly the only one . . . like any confident couturier, she's slicing the free flow of words into the perfect shape. . . . She writes about tricky commonplace things (text messages, sex) with a familiarity no one else has.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Funny and intellectually agile . . . [combines] deft social observation--especially of shifts of power between individuals and groups--with acute feeling . . . [Rooney is] a master of the kind of millennial deadpan that appears to skewer a whole life and personality in a sentence or two.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautifully observed . . . crackles with vivid insight into what it means to be young and in love today.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I went into a tunnel with this book and didn't want to come out. Absolutely engrossing and surprisingly heart-breaking with more depth, subtlety, and insight than any one novel deserves. Young love is a subject of much scorn, but Rooney understands the cataclysmic effects our youth has on the people we become. She has restored not only love's dignity, but also its significance.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Stephanie Danler, author of \u003ci\u003eSweetbitter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Masterfully done. The quality of Rooney's writing, particularly in the psychologically wrought sex scenes, cannot be understated as she brilliantly provides a window into her protagonists' true selves.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL SERIES - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE - \"A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) from the author of \u003ci\u003eConversations with Friends, \u003c\/i\u003e \"a master of the literary page-turner\" (J. Courtney Sullivan).\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"[A] novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e'S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003ePeople, Slate, \u003c\/i\u003e The New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Crimson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConnell 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWINNER: The British Book Award, The Costa Book Award, The An Post Irish Novel of the Year, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eYoung Writer of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, Time, \u003c\/i\u003e NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Vogue, Esquire, Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire, Vox, The Paris Review, Good Housekeeping, Town \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2019 pg. 83 (EAN 9781984822178, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/15\/2018 pg. 65 (EAN 9781984822178, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/15\/2019 pg. 24 (EAN 9781984822178, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/04\/2019 (EAN 9781984822178, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2019 pg. 40 (EAN 9781984822178, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/19\/2019 (EAN 9781984822178, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496032993558,"sku":"9781984822178","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781984822178.jpg?v=1783051200","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/normal-people","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}