Intermezzo
A Novel
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Narrateur(s):
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Éanna Hardwicke
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Auteur(s):
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Sally Rooney
À propos de cet audio
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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.
©2024 Sally Rooney (P)2024 Knopf Canada
Ce que les critiques en disent
“Intermezzo reaffirms Rooney’s ability to capture the thrill and desperation of blooming romance, and to portray a microcosm of human existence with precision and insight.”—The Globe and Mail
“[Rooney’s] novels. . . . are precisely observed relationship studies that deftly weave together politics, sex, moral philosophy, dry humour and a distinctly millennial unease with the state of the world. . . .Fans will be happy to know that the same qualities are on display in Intermezzo.”—The New York Times
“Rooney has discovered her full literary prowess—the reward is transcendent. . . . On finishing, I reflected: what would it be to hold a book with a soul? I felt I had. I felt changed, and utterly the same, the way it feels to read Larkin, or Tolstoy; felt, that for the time spent reading Intermezzo, I had gone more deeply into the world, reattuned to its networked thrum of pleasures, miseries, worries, and erotics that I might already have been aware of—but dully. Sublime literature will do this for you.”—The Independent (UK)
Editorial Review
Ce que les auditeurs disent de Intermezzo
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Au global3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire2 out of 5 stars
- B
- 2024-10-07
very deep character development
This book feels like a long demonstration of the authors ability to develop characters very, very deeply, all book long.
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Au global4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars
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- 2024-10-10
Deep story
Loved the family drama very close to life. A bit confusing on the story about the ex girlfriend. At times had to force my attention not sure why, could be because my own mind started to think about my own loss of father...
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- CKH
- 2025-01-21
powerfully poignant
I swear this is the best Sally Rooney novel yet! it was just stunning.
to be honest, I bought the book the day it came out but struggled with the dense written text, thank goodness I splurged on an audible credit as this narrator was superb.
I really savoured this novel.
in this novel. every single character is not truly self aware, so misguided, so misunderstood, so struggling in the world. I truly truly loved this book
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- andrew
- 2025-02-06
Study in grief
Liked and disliked every character powerfully during the course of the story which for me both highlights Rooney’s skill and tells us much about the dynamic nature of human relationships. Loved the interplay of both internal monologues and the complex interactions between the five main characters. Nice philosophical and literary references as well as ideas related to neurodivergence and cognitive therapy.
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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- elaine johnson
- 2024-10-12
Family love
Loved the readers voice.
Powerful messages about love , grief, brotherhood, acceptance and forgiveness.
I would recommend this 10/10
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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- GKC
- 2025-01-19
Superb reading by Hardwicke
The reading by Ėanna Hatdwicke is so good, so nuanced and sensitive, that the audio version of this (already multilayered) book has an extra level of insight.
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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- Cynthia Brown
- 2025-02-13
A Lovely Story
Sally Rooney is so gifted at developing her characters. And at writing wonderfully realistic dialogue. The narrator is superb.
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Au global1 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Mr Frost
- 2025-01-23
Terrible
This was a book club selection and was it ever painful to get through. I think I will forever cringe when hearing the words "obviously" and "cool".
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Au global1 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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- Rachel H
- 2024-10-24
Utter disappointment
I was so excited about this book, I love this author, Normal People got me through the beginning of the pandemic, I love conversations with friends also etc….. this book was underdeveloped, the characters were boring, characters we have seen before but better written. It was repetitive, the exploration of grief was superficial at best not delving into any of the actual complexity of real grieving beyond “you aren’t yourself “. The use of chess was just thrown in, without any real substance or research. The second half of the book was completely predictable, with an unsatisfying far too conventional ending. I have read so many identical reviews online for this book suggesting the publisher has done their work with prerelease. This book felt like the work of a much less experienced author, and a marketing team hyping it up .
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- Vicky Hess
- 2025-02-25
I couldn’t finish it
Did not like the way it was read - jerky
Boring too in my humble opinion
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