For a select but vocal group, Normal People is the most anticipated TV drama of the year. The novel on which it’s based was that rare phenomenon – acclaimed literary fiction that people actually read instead of simply buying in hardback and then leaving conspicuously in the back of shot in selfies.
On top of literary prizes and critical praise, Sally Rooney’s cult 2018 novel attracted celebrity devotees (Lena Dunham and Taylor Swift are diehard admirers) and the kind of dedication from readers that would make any screen adapter nervous. Good news for fans that Rooney adapted her own work for screen, alongside playwrights Alice Birch and Mark O’Rowe.
Widely admired, the book was claimed by a generation who saw themselves, their lives and their relationships in Marianne and Connell, the two leads whose lives it follows from school in Ireland to university. It’s a frank, intimate story about...
On top of literary prizes and critical praise, Sally Rooney’s cult 2018 novel attracted celebrity devotees (Lena Dunham and Taylor Swift are diehard admirers) and the kind of dedication from readers that would make any screen adapter nervous. Good news for fans that Rooney adapted her own work for screen, alongside playwrights Alice Birch and Mark O’Rowe.
Widely admired, the book was claimed by a generation who saw themselves, their lives and their relationships in Marianne and Connell, the two leads whose lives it follows from school in Ireland to university. It’s a frank, intimate story about...
- 3/31/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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