Sally Rooney is an Irish author, born in 1991, who debuted as a novelist in 2017 with the book “Conversations with Friends.” He returns in 2018 with “Normal People”, a novel that perfectly captures the existential crisis of millennials. A novel that touches deeply on relationships, sex, intimacy, growing up, adulthood and especially mental health. Normal People was adapted into a streaming series in 2020 on Hulu starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal. Normal People was nominated for the Man Book Prize in 2018, and the series was nominated for an Emmy, Golden Globes, and British Academy Television Awards. In this episode we are going to thoroughly discuss the book vis a vis the adaptation. You’ve been warned: major spoilers ahead. Sally Rooney has been dubbed as “Salinger for the Snapchat generation”. And, yes, his books have a “Catcher in the Rye” feel to them. The New Yorker calls her “the first great millennial novelist.” Rooney exposes our generation in his cynicism and superficiality but also in the almost desperate way that we pursue to feel something. We want for nothing, so we seek for trouble. What did you think of this book? Let us know at @gonewiththebookpod on Instagram!
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