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Narrated by:
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Éanna Hardwicke
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Sally Rooney
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THE GLOBAL #1 BESTSELLER
'Intermezzo is perfect ... Is there a better novelist at work right now?' Anthony Cummins, Observer
'Her most mature and moving book to date ... I read it in a state of rapture.' Johanna Thomas-Corr, Sunday Times
'If a perfect Sally Rooney novel exists, this might just be it . Her best novel yet.' Evening Standard
'Rooney has discovered her full literary prowess.' Jo Hamya, Independent
From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Normal People, an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family.
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.
Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties - successful, competent and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women - his enduring first love Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.
Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.
For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude - a period of desire, despair and possibility - a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.
Sally Rooney's book Intermezzo was a bestseller w/c 30/09/2024
©2024 Sally Rooney (P)2024 Faber & Faber
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- laura_ferrari@hotmail.com
- 03-10-24
intelligent prose
the story floored me really, I found the story so compelling, the little snapshot of time following a bereavement. it was such a beautiful story and the narrator was an excellent choice.
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- Lily Davis
- 26-10-24
Forensic exploration of grief
It took me a little longer to get into this, compared to previous Sally Rooney books, but I was drawn in so deep I felt I was living it.
The writing is so focused and detailed and yet so effortless and natural that each nuance, every thought and emotion is perfectly realised.
Sad and beautiful, I didn’t want it to end.
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- victoria halliwell
- 13-12-24
Beautiful, complex, enjoyable
Loved every minute of this interesting, thoughtful and entertaining book! Narration was great. Highly recommend this audio book
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- T. Dudgeon
- 20-11-24
a tale of two brothers and their grief
a tale of two brothers, stricken with grief and trying to find their way in a new normal. a study of relationships and of love. the characters and emotions fill this book, thought provoking.
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- Michael Layden
- 21-12-24
the wonder of flawed lives
I was pleasantly surprised by the book, my first Sally Rooney work. I liked watching the development of the characters and the conflicts and misunderstandings. The dialog was complex yet needed by the characters to dig the various holes they needed to isolate themselves.
it had the bizarreness we often see with friends,family and neighbours who often seem to burrow deep away from the light of their love for others.
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- VMJ
- 15-12-24
Tangled webs
This is a long slow meditation on grief, life, relationships and how they intersect with society’s norms. There were times when I wanted to bang together the heads of those young men and say’for goodness’ sake communicate will you?’ But that’s what the novel is about - learning to communicate. Amongst other things. It’s beautifully read and is definitely worth persevering - another brilliant work by Sally Rooney
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- Suzanne Leedham
- 10-11-24
Solid novel good read but not quite great
I’ve been enjoying this book. Another strong showing for Irish literature. Sally Rooney does well to explore themes around relationships. It is generally well written but the author lacks an ability to change pace in her narrative. It is also a fairly standard attempt by a female to write through the eyes of male characters which doesn’t quite work. Whilst Sally’s charaterization is well devloped she hasnt full captured the male psyche. With a bit more work this good book could have achieved a great deal more.
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- Edelwais
- 11-10-24
Breathtaking
Amazing work. Sometimes difficult but all worth it. It reaches deep into your heart even when sometimes the intellectualisation goes over your head (a paper book would probably be better for these moments). The authenticity in the two men’s voices, the seemingly insignificant descriptions of nature, people, feelings- brilliantly crafted.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-24
A story of human nature
So easy to listen to. Addictive.. Beautiful story of how weird and wonderful with absolutely normal feelings, emotions and desires we as human beings are
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- R Turner
- 30-10-24
Snorefest
I have never listened to s book that so instantly sent me to sleep. The narration was so flat, so lifeless that it was like a stage curtain descending whenever the reader started, sleep overtook me. The story, dull as dishwater, just didn't have a single hook to keep me listening. Don't know how anyone enjoyed it.
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