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Normal People

Normal People

A Novel

by Sally Rooney

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE: A wondrously wise, genuinely unputdownable new novel from Sally Rooney, winner of the 2017 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award (at 26, tied with Zadie Smith for the youngest-ever recipient)--the quintessential coming-of-age love story for our time. Connell Waldron is one of the most popular boys in his small-town high school--he is a star of the football team, an excellent student, and never wanting for attention from girls. The one thing he doesn't have is money. Marianne Sheridan, a classmate of Connell's, has the opposite problem. Marianne is plain-looking, odd, and stubborn, and while her family is well-off, she has no friends to speak of. There is, however, a deep and undeniable connection between the two teenagers, one that develops into a secret relationship. Everything changes when both Connell and Marianne are accepted to Trinity College. Suddenly Marianne is well-liked and elegant, holding court with her intellectual friends while Connell hangs at the sidelines, not quite as fluent in language of the elite. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle each other, falling in and out of romance but never straying far from where they started. And as Marianne experiments with an increasingly dangerous string of boyfriends, Connell must decide how far he is willing to go to save his oldest friend. Sally Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a novel that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the inescapable challenges of family and friendships. Normal People is a book that you will read in one sitting, and then immediately share with your friends.

Published 2019
ISBN 9780735276482
Genre Fiction
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Kala

Kala

Sie war unser Zentrum, mit ihr waren wir unbesiegbar. Bis sie nach dem Sommer verschwand. | Der große internationale Bestseller – »Ein spannungsgeladenes Debüt voller Nostalgie und Geheimnisse ... ein echter Pageturner« The Guardian

by Colin Walsh

»Fans von Tana French und Donna Tartt werden Kala lieben – stilistisch brillant und mit einer unheimlichen Spannung, die sich langsam entfaltet.« The Guardian In der Kleinstadt Kinlough an der Westküste Irlands treffen drei alte Freunde nach Jahren wieder aufeinander. Im Sommer 2003 gehörten Helen, Joe und Mush zu einer unzertrennlichen Clique um die mutterlose und ungestüme Kala Lanann – das strahlende Zentrum ihres Universums. Bis sie kurz darauf spurlos verschwand. Jetzt, 15 Jahre später, kehrt Helen widerwillig für eine Hochzeit nach Irland zurück. Joe, mittlerweile ein berühmter Musiker, ist ebenfalls in der Stadt. Und Mush hat es nie aus Kinlough herausgeschafft. Dann werden menschliche Überreste im Wald gefunden. Als Gegenwart und Vergangenheit aufeinanderprallen, müssen sich die einstigen Freunde ihrer Schuld stellen. Welche Rolle haben sie bei Kalas Verschwinden gespielt? »Rasant und fesselnd – meisterhaft.« Irish Times »Mitreißend ... Kala macht süchtig.« Daily Telegraph

Published 2026
ISBN 9783989411319
Genre Fiction

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