And while a reader should respect the demarcation between author and character, it is hard to imagine why Rooney would write these things were it not to vent about the pitfalls of her own success. It was adapted into a television series by BBC Three and Hulu in 2020.Alice’s lamentations about literary fame – “I can’t believe I have to tolerate these things, having articles written about me, and seeing my photograph on the internet and reading comments about myself” – and contemporary writers who’ve “been sitting with white linen tablecloths laid out in front of them and complaining about bad reviews since 1983” are delightfully scandalous. Her 2018 novel Normal People was widely acclaimed and a bestseller deemed “a future classic” by the Guardian, it was nominated for the Man Booker prize and won the Costa novel of the year award.
Rooney has become a literary phenomenon since the publication of her debut Conversations With Friends in 2017. It will be published in the US by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. What a welcome treat for 2021!”įaber will publish the novel in hardback, along with two special editions exclusive to Waterstones and independent bookshops. “The prospect of Sally’s third novel being published later this year is a truly delicious one.
“I cannot wait to read Beautiful World, Where Are You, to immerse myself in the new characters and world that Sally has created with her rare talent,” she added. Kate Skipper, chief operating officer at Waterstones, said Beautiful World, Where Are You was “set to be the most eagerly anticipated book of the autumn, for readers and booksellers alike.” The book scintillates with intelligence, empathy and, yes, beauty.”
It absorbs you once again in the inner lives of characters with brilliant minds and aching hearts, while marking the next creative leap from a singular writer. But what will happen when they do?”Īlex Bowler, the publisher at Faber who acquired the novel as part of a two-book deal, called it “a book of friendship and sex, art and faith, power and love.
“They say they want to see each other again soon. Similar to Rooney’s previous novels Conversations With Friends and Normal People, much of Alice and Eileen’s friendship plays out over email, as they “exchange emails about art, friendship, the world around them and the complicated love affairs unfolding in their own lives”, reads Faber’s description.
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