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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 MAN BOOKER PRIZE A wondrous and wise coming-of-age love story from the celebrated author of Conversations with Friends At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school football team, while she is lonely, proud and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers—one they are determined to conceal. A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Sally Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.
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##对电视剧做了一定的补充 自己很难去面对曾经的自己，和Connell一样，自卑，讨好其他人，不敢在其他人面前承认我和她的关系，搞得偷偷摸摸，而且对她的关心也十分的敷衍，不知道自己到底想要什么，幼稚的把所有错都怪在她头上，哎
评分##比一般的爱情小说更精炼、野心更大，把成长放在内向性格、原生家庭（阶级）的背景里。到最后，normal = 与自我握手言和 = 只是追求知识的nice person?
评分##写得真好啊Sally Rooney
评分##向内审视式小说把幽微情绪无限放大，他人只是主角的内心投射（每个配角都是扁平的，我认为是作者刻意为之）。喜欢的片段：第一次说爱你，helen和marianne在街灯下对比，每个戛然而止的瞬间。读者（我）在两个主角每个不normal的时刻都找到自己，在阅读过程中无形被排除在normal people之外。吐槽：结局完全没resolve power imbalance看完了想打人！谢谢送我书@思洋，你推荐的书我都会两天看完! :)
评分##写得真好啊Sally Rooney
评分##对于这种一般现在时往前走，然后在用一般过去式插叙的写法很喜欢。这是读原文才有的精髓体验。极为简单的词和句子就cover了大部分的感受，而中间突兀的大段学术论述则显得非常反讽……
评分比处女座conversation with friends进步不少，但是不及同名电视剧。选的两位演员氛围太好了，要灵有灵要肉有肉。几乎每一集都出现的性让Marianne和Connell之间的吸引力更加有说服力，让这份吸引力更肌体化。这种吸引力在Rob的葬礼上最为突出，Connell和Marianne几乎是下意识的拥抱让全部环境虚化成背景。
评分##比一般的爱情小说更精炼、野心更大，把成长放在内向性格、原生家庭（阶级）的背景里。到最后，normal = 与自我握手言和 = 只是追求知识的nice person?
评分##不知为啥，脑中自动对应到The end of the fucking world 里的Alyssa和James的形象，尤其是前期中学时代。ps: Sally的叙事有种摩登的细腻感，期待一下电影版！
