WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018 WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts long into the following years.
This is an exquisite love story about how a person can change another person's life - a simple yet profound realisation that unfolds beautifully over the course of the novel. It tells us how difficult it is to talk about how we feel and it tells us - blazingly - about cycles of domination, legitimacy and privilege. Alternating menace with overwhelming tenderness, Sally Rooney's second novel breathes fiction with new life.
Hailing from Ireland, Sally Rooney has become the global voice for how we love, talk, and drift apart in the modern world. If you’ve ever felt the murky waters of miscommunication or the crushing weight of an unspoken feeling, you’ve lived in a Rooney novel.
She strips away the quotation marks and dives straight into the raw, unpolished thoughts of her characters. From Normal People to her latest triumph, 'Intermezzo', she maps the emotional ecosystems that connect us all.
Why we love her: She reminds us that even in the deepest confusion, we are never truly swimming alone.
