Rooney became a lockdown star.īeautiful World, Where Are You is Rooney’s third book and has the unenviable task of fulfilling the increased hype generated by her stardom. “Normal People” became one of the iconic shows of the COVID lockdown, holding a privileged cultural significance alongside “The Queen’s Gambit” and “The Last Dance” because seemingly everyone (which is usually not nearly as many people as you may believe) was watching it, discussing it and even podcasting about it. While her first two books, Conversations with Friends and Normal People, were highly acclaimed and won awards, it was the BBC/Hulu television series “Normal People” that extended her fame beyond the rather narrow limits of literary stardom. Sally Rooney has rapidly become that rare novelist who has penetrated deep into the Anglophone cultural psyche, a ubiquitous presence whose celebrity has come to far exceed her published works.
0 kommentar(er)
