Why Sally Rooney's Normal People is more than just a love story | The Booker Prize Podcast, Ep 31
14Sally Rooney is one of the best-loved writers of her generation and her second novel, Normal People, has been overwhelmingly popular across the world – first in book form and then its TV adaptation. Nominated for the Booker Prize 2018, Normal People follows Marianne and Connell as they come of age and figure out their place in the world. It's a love story that has touched readers everywhere but it's also a novel that has something to say about class and politics, in particular. So tune in to this episode to hear Jo and James discuss our February Monthly Spotlight pick.
In this episode Jo and James:
- Consider how the book became so popular
- Whether the haters have a leg to stand on
- Share a brief biography of Sally Rooney
- Summarise the plot of Normal People
- Discuss the themes explored in the novel
Reading list:
- Normal People by Sally Rooney: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/normal-people
- Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
- Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-booker-prize-podcast-episode-31-normal-people
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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.
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