Conversations with Friends

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780451499059 Author(s): Sally Rooney Format: Hardcover Language: English Year: 2017 Publisher: Hogarth Press Pages: 320

Description: NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES ⢠From the New York Times bestselling author of Normal People . . . â[A] cult-hit . . . [a] sharply realistic comedy of adultery and friendship.ââEntertainment Weekly SALLY ROONEY NAMED TO THE TIME 100 NEXT LIST â¢Â WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES (UK) YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD ⢠ONE OF BUZZFEEDâS 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 womanâs sophisticated home and handsome husband, Nick. But however amusing Frances and Nickâs flirtation seems at first, it begins to give way to a strangeâand then painfulâintimacy.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 AWARDâSharp, funny, thought-provoking . . . a really great portrait of two young women as theyâre figuring out how to be adults.ââCeleste Ng, Late Night with Seth Meyers PodcastâThe 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 theyâre suspenseful.ââCurtis Sittenfeld, The WeekâRooney has the gift of imbuing everyday life with a sense of high stakes . . . a novel of delicious frictions.ââNew YorkâA writer of