Normal People by Sally Rooney
Вставка
- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Some time ago, we had the pleasure of introducing a relatively unknown novelist by the name of Sally Rooney, whose very first work, Conversations With Friends, so captivated her audience that she was catapulted from obscurity to fame in a matter of weeks.
Despite a curious, and continuing, insistence on not attaching quotation marks to the dialogue for which she is known, two years later she's done it again. Normal People, also set in and around Dublin, with equally young protagonists, is every bit as good as its predecessor, and off to an even more stellar start. #1 in her homeland, and headed that way here, it concerns the ups and downs of two otherwise smart young people, Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron - she well off, from a good family; he impoverished from a poor one - whose natural shyness and different backgrounds belie their devotion to each other, and prevents them from letting down their defenses and declaring themselves.
Spread over four years, and building to an intense finale, the result is a succession of social setbacks that would normally ruin a relationship. The fact that they don't is our author's hallmark, which makes for a highly satisfying romance that appeals, once again, as much to the male of the species as the female.
Warmly recommended.
More fiction video book reviews at
www.bookreview...
I could listen to the whole book with this voice, accent and tone.
This is the sweetest book review I have seen in a long long time! Thank you!
You’re a great seller. I read both books, didn’t like them, but your sales perk is making me want to read the second one again.
Thank you for your eloquent review: I heartily agree with everything you said about Normal People, especially with your observation that the author has an ear for everyday speech peculiar to the milieu of the characters.
amazing review!!
I enjoyed the book, but I'm happy I went to the library because unlike you I don't think I want to read it again. I appreciated this review, cheers!
Listening to you talk about books I love made my day! Greetings from Vietnam.
i loved this book, AND your review!!
Amazing book, I read it in 1 day! Also must say what a wonderful review this is!
That fabric on the sofa is absolutely marvelous!
i adore your manner of speech! listening to it is like drinking sweet hot tea :)
High praise indeed, it would appear Sally Rooney just might be in with a chance of picking up a trophy this year, Godspeed.
What a beautiful review! Thank you!
Reading this book brought me here. This review tho! Subscribing to this channel right now. I can’t wait to watch all your book videos Nicholas.
I loved your review !! I hope you're okay, you didn't post since last year
Thank you! We WILL return! Life carries on ...
Thank you 🖤
Please do more book reviews.
Please do more book reviews!!
Excellent review......
Just found your channel- love this review and the cat content!!!
i found this channel too late i guess ): and i realized you didnt upload a new video in one year i hope you are doing okay
he commented two weeks ago saying he’s gonna come back!! ig he was just taking a break
Anastasia Grig thank you🥺
Sally Rooney’s Hate Is the New Normal
It is not easy to convince the Snapchat generation to read books. To do so, you must be a gifted writer and know which buttons to press in young people’s hearts. Sally Rooney, a young Irish author, is that kind of writer. Her first two books have won multiple awards and she is widely regarded as one of the most prominent voices of millennials.
Rooney is also very opinionated. She is a self-proclaimed Marxist and an avid supporter of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement (BDS). In line with her views, she has refused to sell translation rights to Israeli publishers. Because of her notoriety, her decision caused quite a stir. The New York Times stated, “Sally Rooney Declines to Sell Translation Rights to Israeli Publisher.” CNN echoed, “Sally Rooney refuses to sell Hebrew rights for latest book to Israeli publisher, citing political objections,” and other prominent news outlets also reported her decision.
In response, Israel's two largest bookstore chains announced that they would pull all of Rooney's titles from their shelves. This also caused a stir, though not as much. The BBC reported it, as did The Guardian and other British news outlets. Naturally, the Jewish press was all over the case, as well.
I sympathize with the response of the bookstore chains, just as I was in favor of banning other individuals and brands that boycott Israel. At the same time, I understand why they are doing this, and I am glad that it is causing a stir in Israel.
We can look the other way for only so long. At some point, we will have to ask ourselves why the world hates us, and it is better if we do it now than later.
We need to use such incidents constructively. By "constructively," I mean that we should use them as an impetus to return to the roots of our nation, to our fundamental principles of mutual responsibility and brotherly love. These are the building blocks of our nation, and these are the qualities that we lost long ago and for which we were exiled from Israel.
When we were cast as a nation that was to be “a light unto nations,” we were made to reflect the splendor of love of others to the entire world. Long before we gave the world Albert Einstein and Arthur Rubenstein, we gave it “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Granted, we did not quite manage to make it a reality, but the idea itself was, and still is, so novel, so unlike human nature, that to this day it seems undoable.
Still, the world will not leave us in peace until we begin to implement this very legacy we had left to humanity. Indeed, it makes perfect sense to demand that the progenitors of this sublime idea be the first to implement it.
The more the world becomes divided and hostile, the more it needs its opposite - love of others. The more people hate each other, the more they will demand that we love each other, and they will hate us for not doing so and setting an example for the world to follow.
In the near future, numerous celebrities, pundits, and politicians will declare their disapproval of Israel. They will not justify our existence as a sovereign state unless we justify it by setting an example of unity. Nothing else will satisfy them; nothing else will appease their hatred.
For more on this, see my publication The Jewish Choice: Unity or Anti-Semitism..
Have you watched the show? Curious about a comparison
Sally Rooney has her finger on the pulse of literary fashion but she has not written anything of merit nor will she.
The writer does not want her latest book, "Beautiful World, Where Are You?" to be translated into Hebrew.
She joins those who boycott Israel. During the last war with Hamas, she supported the murderous Islamic terrorists. She signed a letter accusing Israel of "apartheid" and calling for the country's international isolation. That anti-Israel attitude will tear her up badly, because Israel is the people of God, it is the apple of His eye. He promised the land to Abraham and his descendants. God spoke to Abraham thus: "Whoever blesses You will be blessed, but whoever curses You will himself be cursed. There is no future for those who hate Israel, for hatred of them is hatred of God.
Incidentally, her view has the tinge of anti-Semitism. Return to God.
sir, i hope my comment finds you in great health, i think you would really love c pam zhams how much of this hills are gold , looking forward to more of ur reviews