Conversations with Friends: A Novel

Synopsis

NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • From the New York Times bestselling author of Normal People . . . &“[A] cult-hit . . . [a] sharply realistic comedy of adultery and friendship.&”—Entertainment Weekly SALLY ROONEY NAMED TO THE TIME 100 NEXT LIST • WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES (UK) YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD • ONE OF BUZZFEED&’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Vogue, Slate • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: ElleFrances is a coolheaded and darkly observant young woman, vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her best friend is the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi. At a local poetry performance one night, they meet a well-known photographer, and as the girls are then gradually drawn into her world, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman&’s sophisticated home and handsome husband, Nick. But however amusing Frances and Nick&’s flirtation seems at first, it begins to give way to a strange—and then painful—intimacy.Written with gemlike precision and marked by a sly sense of humor, Conversations with Friends is wonderfully alive to the pleasures and dangers of youth, and the messy edges of female friendship.SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD&“Sharp, funny, thought-provoking . . . a really great portrait of two young women as they&’re figuring out how to be adults.&”—Celeste Ng, Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast&“The dialogue is superb, as are the insights about communicating in the age of electronic devices. Rooney has a magical ability to write scenes of such verisimilitude that even when little happens they&’re suspenseful.&”—Curtis Sittenfeld, The Week&“Rooney has the gift of imbuing everyday life with a sense of high stakes . . . a novel of delicious frictions.&”—New York&“A writer of rare confidence, with a lucid, exacting style . . . One wonderful aspect of Rooney&’s consistently wonderful novel is the fierce clarity with which she examines the self-delusion that so often festers alongside presumed self-knowledge. . . . But Rooney&’s natural power is as a psychological portraitist. She is acute and sophisticated about the workings of innocence; the protagonist of this novel about growing up has no idea just how much of it she has left to do.&”—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker&“This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I&’m not alone.&”—Sarah Jessica Parker (Instagram)

Copyright:

2017

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780451499073

Related ISBNs:

9780451499066

Publisher:

Crown

Date of Addition:

09/10/24

Copyrighted By:

Sally Rooney

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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