5/19/2023 0 Comments Normal people book review![]() ![]() They don’t worry about appearing ignorant or conceited.’ Marianne and Connell may be separated by social class, but their shared provincialism gives them common cause. It’s easy for them to have opinions, and to express them with confidence. Marianne enjoys a thriving social life whereas Connell finds it hard to fit in with the bourgeois student crowd: ‘his classmates are not like him. ![]() He could fuck some weird-looking girls who turn out to be bisexual.’ Connell cruelly dumps Marianne at the end of the school year, but their paths cross again at Trinity, where they settle into an intimate platonic friendship bordering on co-dependency.Īt university their roles are reversed. He imagines a new life there with awe and trepidation: ‘He would start going to dinner parties and having conversations about the Greek bailout. ![]() Connell plans to go to university in Galway but Marianne persuades him to aim higher and apply to Trinity College Dublin instead. His mum works as a cleaner for her mum, but they don’t talk about that. Marianne, by contrast, is friendless and aloof. Connell is a ‘culchie’ from the proverbial wrong side of the tracks, a popular lad who plays centre forward for the school football team. Sally Rooney’s second novel begins with an unlikely romance between two sixth-formers in County Sligo. ![]()
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