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Intermezzo (Paperback)
Sally Rooney
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Discovery Miles 2 850
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Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem
to have little in common.
Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties – successful, competent and
apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s
medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships
with two very different women – his enduring first love Sylvia, and
Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.
Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always
seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib
elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets
Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and
their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.
For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new
interlude – a period of desire, despair and possibility – a chance to
find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking
Exclusive Edition including the short story, 'Colour & Light',
exclusive endpapers - a Standard Edition is also available
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem
to have little in common.
Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties – successful, competent and
apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s
medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships
with two very different women – his enduring first love Sylvia, and
Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.
Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always
seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib
elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets
Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and
their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.
For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new
interlude – a period of desire, despair and possibility – a chance to
find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.
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Intermezzo (Hardcover)
Sally Rooney
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R520
R467
Discovery Miles 4 670
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From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Normal People, an
exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family.
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem
to have little in common.
Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties - successful, competent and
apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's
medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships
with two very different women - his enduring first love Sylvia, and
Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.
Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always
seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib
elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets
Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and
their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.
For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new
interlude - a period of desire, despair and possibility - a chance to
find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.
Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a distribution warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood.
Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young - but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They have sex, they worry about sex, they worry about their friendships and the world they live in.
Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018.
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.
WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR
A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are interviewed and then befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Provence, beginning a complex ménage-à-quatre. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, the sharply witty and emotion-averse Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.
My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all.
Years ago, Sukie moved in with Nathan because her mother was dead and her father was difficult, and she had nowhere else to go. Now they are on the brink of the inevitable.
Sally Rooney is one of the most acclaimed young talents of recent years. With her minute attention to the power dynamics in everyday speech, she builds up sexual tension and throws a deceptively low-key glance at love and death.
The complete screenplays of the acclaimed Emmy-nominated drama
based on Sally Rooney's bestselling novel. 'You know, I did used to
think that I could read your mind at times.' 'In bed you mean.'
'Yeah. And afterwards but I dunno maybe that's normal.' 'It's not.'
Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of
Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is
popular. Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a
conversation, something life-changing begins. With an introduction
by director Lenny Abrahamson and featuring iconic images from the
show, Normal People: The Scripts contains the complete screenplays
of the acclaimed Emmy-nominated television drama based on Sally
Rooney's bestselling novel. OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! WINNER OF
THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018 WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS
NOVEL OF THE YEAR WINNER OF NOVEL OF THE YEAR AND BOOK OF THE YEAR
AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK
AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN
BOOKER PRIZE 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019
'Beautiful World, Where Are You is Rooney's best novel.' THE TIMES
*The Sunday Times and Global number one bestseller* *Winner of
Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards* Alice, a
novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if
he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend
Eileen is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with
Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen
and Simon are still young - but life is catching up with them. They
desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they
break apart. They worry about sex and friendship and the world they
live in. Are they standing in the last lighted room before the
darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to
believe in a beautiful world? 'A tour de force. The dialogue never
falters, and the prose burns up the page.' GUARDIAN 'Rooney's
strongest writing thus far . . . There is a touching honesty and
truthfulness in these pages, along with a quiet brilliance.'
FINANCIAL TIMES 'The book moved me to tears more than once . . .
Rooney's best novel.' THE TIMES 'Rooney's best novel yet. Funny and
smart, full of sex and love and people doing their best to
connect.' Brandon Taylor, NEW YORK TIMES 'Written with immense
skill and illuminated by an endlessly incisive intelligence.' IRISH
TIMES 'Beautiful World, Where Are You is not just worth reading.
It's worth thinking about.' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Brilliantly done:
gripping, steamy, unbearably sad.' TELEGRAPH
When I think of my life, I imagine you at the centre. Frances is a
university student in Dublin. Cool-headed and observant, she spends
most of her time with her best friend - and ex-girlfriend - Bobbi.
On meeting Melissa, a well-known writer, and her actor husband
Nick, the pair enter a world of sophisticated parties and holidays
abroad. But when Frances and Nick grow unexpectedly close, she is
forced to confront the reality that her actions have always had
consequences. With an introduction by director Lenny Abrahamson and
featuring iconic images from the show, Conversations with Friends:
The Scripts contains the complete screenplays of the acclaimed
television drama based on Sally Rooney's bestselling debut novel.
'An utter joy to watch, as well as an audacious
conversation-starter.' Telegraph 'If you're looking for a love
story to leave you warm and fuzzy, as well as broken-hearted all at
once, then you've got it in spades right here.' Metro 'One of the
best new shows of the year.' Time 'An absorbing exploration of
commitment, friendship, and romantic love.' Vulture Praise for
Conversations with Friends 'Brilliant, funny and startling.'
Guardian 'Witty, subversive and wise.' Sunday Times 'A sharp,
darkly funny comment on modern relationships.' Sunday Telegraph 'So
good I felt something akin to grief the moment I finished it' Daily
Mail 'A witty, nuanced and perfectly observed novel of modern love
and friendship.' Observer, Books of the Year 'An addictive, funny
and truthful novel about love and literature.' Metro
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