Normal People

Sally Rooney

出版社

Faber & Faber

出版时间

2019-05-02

ISBN

9780571334650

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍
Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins. Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find they can't. 'The literary phenomenon of the decade.' - Guardian
AI导读
核心看点
  • 细腻刻画阶级差异下,两个灵魂从误解到相互救赎的复杂情感历程。
  • 深刻剖析原生家庭与成长环境如何塑造人物的自我认知及亲密关系模式。
  • 以冷静克制的笔触,展现年轻人在爱恨交织中挣扎、成长与自我接纳的过程。
适合谁读
  • 对当代青年情感困境、原生家庭创伤及心理成长议题感兴趣的读者。
  • 喜欢细腻心理描写、现实主义风格,且能接受平淡叙事节奏的文学爱好者。
  • 曾观看同名剧集,希望深入探索人物内心细节与未解情节的观众。
读前提醒
  • 本书叙事节奏缓慢,侧重内心独白,需耐心品味人物微妙的情绪变化。
  • 主角性格存在缺陷与不安全感,阅读时请保持包容,理解其心理防御机制。
  • 建议结合原著与剧集对比阅读,体会文字在心理描写上的独特深度与留白。
读者共识
  • 文字极简却极具穿透力,精准捕捉了现代人在亲密关系中的疏离与渴望。
  • 虽情节看似平淡,但情感张力十足,读者普遍对主角的挣扎产生强烈共鸣。
  • 被誉为本世纪文学现象,虽评价两极,但其在刻画人性真实方面的成就获认可。

本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成,不等同于全文精读。

精彩摘录
  • "如果人们悲伤时会做一些没有意义的事,那只是因为人的生命没有任何意义,这才是悲伤呈现出的真相。"
  • "她闭上双眼。他或许不会再回来了,她心想,或许他会回来,却变成另外一个人。他们现在拥有的将一去不复返。然而对她而言,孤独的痛苦远比不上她曾经的痛苦,那种觉得自己一文不值的痛苦。他将美德给了她,现在它是她的东西了。与此同时,他的人生在他面前展开,通往四面八方。他们为此做了很多好事。真的,她心想,真的。一个人真的可以改变另一个人。"
  • "她很小声地说:我看不出你想要什么。 他站起身,来到她面前。她像一只受驯的动物,一动不动地站着,每一根神经都得竖起来。她好大声哭出来。他把双手放在她的髖上,她张着嘴,等他亲了上去。这种感觉太强烈了,她感到眩晕。 我好想要你这样,她说。 很高兴听你这么说。我把电视关了行吗? 她爬上床,等他把电视关掉。他在她身边坐下,他们再次开始接吻。他的抚摸有催眠效果。一种舒适的钝感席卷了她, 她渴望把衣脱光。她在被子上躺下,他伏在她身上。一晃好多年了。她感到他的阴茎紧紧地抵在她的上,她的欲望强烈得让她颤栗。 嗯,他说,我很想你。 别人做不是这种感觉。 别人远没有我喜欢你。 他又吻了她一次,她感觉到他的手在她身上"
  • "In just a few weeks’ time Marianne will live with different people, and life will be different. But she herself will not be different. She’ll be the same person, trapped inside her own body. There’s nowhere she can go that would free her from this. A different place, different people, what does that"
  • "Helen has given Connell a new way to live. It’s as if an impossibly heavy lid has been lifted off his emotional life and suddenly he can breathe fresh air. It is physically possible to type and send a message reading: I love you! It had never seemed possible before, not remotely, but in fact it’s ea"
  • "Everything is possible now because of the scholarship. His rent is paid, his tuition is covered, he has a free meal every day in college. This is why he’s been able to spend half the summer travelling around Europe, disseminating currency with the carefree attitude of a rich person. He’s explained i"
  • "Connell thinks the aspects of himself that are most compatible with Helen are his best aspects: his loyalty, his basically practical outlook, his desire to be thought of as a good guy. With Helen he doesn’t feel shameful things, he doesn’t find himself saying weird stuff during sex, he doesn’t have "
  • "He was like a freezer item that had thawed too quickly on the outside and was melting everywhere, while the inside was still frozen solid. Somehow he was expressing more emotion than at any time in his life before, while simultaneously feeling less, feeling nothing. He knows that a lot of the litera"
用户评论
M是冰冷的火焰,手握荆棘却总是刺向自己;C是炙热的海水,温暖流动却总是灼伤他人。 她曾憎恨家乡,他曾惧怕远方,命运从“I like you”开始千回百转,有热烈和扭曲但更多是宁静和呵护。一切改变终于在成长中野蛮向上生长,他选择远方去摆脱自设的桎梏,她留在家乡去寻得救赎和内心的宁静。 美好的故事如细碎的阳光,若微微但也光芒万丈。
在手机上读电子版就真的像看了一部网络文学一样 orz 大白话
个人感觉不如《聊天记录》。时常无法判断女主和男主之间的距离到底是因为女主的“作”还是因为阶级,也就是说不知道drama的部分是不是为了drama而drama。
一点也不normal的relationship,毫无共鸣的一本书,搞不懂两人之间的分分合合
我宣布我正式为Sally的粉丝,更喜欢Conversation with Friends,但是这本也很喜欢,虽然读的时候感觉有点致郁,但是欲罢不能。两本书中的人物也确实都有许多相似的地方,比如不擅长直接表达自己的情绪、热爱文学、擅长写作、还有Sally本身自己就喜欢的辩论也总是出现在主角身上。喜欢Connell,但是如果我身边有这样说话说一半的人我可能会被气死。很喜欢结局的处理。“生活肯定会继续过,但是你已经变得更好了,我也是。”的这种感觉,我反正不信这两个人会因为异地一年就把自己从对方的生活里撇去。另,好想看Sally写纯erotic小说啊!!!肯定很好看。
太好看了,字字戳心的感觉,Words are so powerful. 内容补足了剧里感觉跳跃不完整的地方,男女主的意识流都让人很有共鸣,Marianne因为家庭影响而渴望从属感,Connell对Marianne完全的dominance填补了他内心的insecure。作者在两性关系上的认识很深很真实,对Marianne的塑造非常complete,但Connell我稍微有点没get到最后他为啥抑郁了,可能因为他确实没有太多主见觉得不belong anywhere吧,这点和我有点像。其实我和他俩都有点像。
[audible] i would never pretend not to know you.
很有意思,还讲到了一些关于feminism的东西。
说不清 但他俩也是所幸爱着彼此吧
第一本读完的英文书,看哭了
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