The tragedy, of course, is that little truly separates the two. Though they only meet three times during the novel, the reader knows what they cannot: that each brother loves the other, but language ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sally Rooney has a lot to say about the word normal. The title of her wildly popular “Normal People” and its Hulu screen ...

In October, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Intermezzo,” by Sally Rooney. Before You Get Started Learn More About ‘Intermezzo’ Book Club Conversation Space: Main Discussion Book Club ...

Of all the relationships open to the novel to explore—love affairs, marriages, friendships, rivalries, parents and children—the relationships that exist among siblings have similarities that combine ...

Sometimes, a player can’t predict a move before the inevitable falls upon them. Anticipation is lost, and frustration grows anew. “Checkmate” is what they call it when the opponent threatens the king ...

This post was updated Sept. 25 at 11:04 p.m. In a literary game of chess, Sally Rooney deftly achieves an expected checkmate, yet not without facing several stalemates in the process. Hitting ...

Sometimes in Intermezzo, as in Sally Rooney’s previous work, characters elide what they know or feel to be true with one of the following phrases: “Whatever”, “Hm”, “Mm”, “Cool”, “I don’t know”. In ...