Esther
2024년 9월 24일
Join us for our November meeting to discuss Sally Rooney's Intermezzo.
Has anyone else pre-ordered Sally Rooney's latest novel, set to be released in Korea in just a few days? Even if you haven't read her previous works like Normal People, Conversations with Friends, or Beautiful World, Where Are You?, you've likely heard about the popular TV series based on her books. One of the things I love most about Rooney's writing is her almost forensic approach to psychological analysis and her focus on the complex dynamics of modern relationships, especially among young people today. Her keen, penetrating observations of everyday life—capturing the subtle nuances in ordinary moments—are what make her work so relatable and powerful. Her books have given me a window into the thoughts, conversations, and emotions of the current generation, and in that way, they’ve been both enlightening and deeply enjoyable. I'm thrilled to dive into her newest novel and would love to hear your own experiences with reading Rooney's work!
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세종에 거주하고 있는 외국인을 포함해 교사, 강사, 회사원, 공무원 및 가사일을 하시는 분들에게도 원서독서를 장려하고 자유롭게 토론할 수 있는 문학적/문화적 소통과 교류의 공간이 되고자 합니다. 해당 책을 읽고, 영어로 소통이 가능한 대학생 이상의 성인에 한해 누구나 무료로 참석할 수 있습니다. 11월 모임의 책으로는 Sally Rooney의 <Intermezzo>를 읽습니다.
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.
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.
About the author: 샐리 루니는 27세에 세계적 문학상인 맨부커상 후보에 오르고 ‘스냅챗 세대의 샐린저’, ‘프레카리아트의 제인 오스틴’, ‘더블린의 프랑수아즈 사강’이라고 극찬받는 아일랜드의 신예 소설가이다. 1991년 아일랜드 메이요에서 태어나 트리니티 대학에서 영문학을 공부했다. 2017년 『친구들과의 대화』로 데뷔해 평단의 찬사와 독자의 뜨거운 사랑을 동시에 받았으며 《옵서버》 ‘올해의 떠오르는 스타’, 《선데이타임스》 ‘올해의 젊은 작가’에 선정됐다. 『노멀 피플』은 두 번째 장편소설로, 맨부커상 후보에 오르는 영예를 안으며 전 세계에 100만 부 이상 판매되었다. - cited from Kyobo
Date: November 24, 2024
Time: 5pm
Venue: Esther’s
Join us for an evening of camaraderie and intellectual stimulation. Admission is free, but attendance is restricted to individuals of college age and above. RSVP by Nov. 18 to secure your spot. Happy reading!