Beautiful World, Where Are You - Wikipedia

Beautiful World, Where Are You is a novel by Irish author Sally Rooney. It was released on 7 September 2021. ... The book was a New York Times and IndieBound ... BeautifulWorld,WhereAreYou FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2021novelbySallyRooney BeautifulWorld,WhereAreYouFirstUKeditionAuthorSallyRooneyLanguageEnglishPublisherFaberandFaber;Farrar,StrausandGirouxPublicationdate7September2021Preceded byNormalPeople  BeautifulWorld,WhereAreYouisanovelbyIrishauthorSallyRooney.Itwasreleasedon7September2021.[1][2][3]ThebookwasaNewYorkTimesandIndieBoundbestseller.[4] Contents 1Synopsis 2Publicationandrelease 3Reception 4References 5Externallinks Synopsis[edit] TheworktellsthestoryofAliceKelleher,anIrishnovelist;Kelleher'sloverFelixBrady;EileenLydon,Kelleher'sfriend;andSimonCostigan,Lydon'sfriend.[3][5]InTheGuardian,AnthonyCumminsdescribesthenovel'sstructureasa"lovequadrangle"betweenKelleherandBrady,ontheonehand;andLydonandCostigan,ontheother.[6] BeautifulWorld'sthemesincluderomance,friendship,precarity,andsocialclass.[7]ThetitlecomesfromapoembyFriedrichSchillerwhichFranzSchubertsettomusicin1819.[3][8]Thenovelincludessubstantialepistolaryelements,suchasemailsbetweenKelleherandLydon.[9] Publicationandrelease[edit] BeforeBeautifulWorld'sreleaseinSeptember2021,advancecopiescirculatedontheinternet;onesoldoneBayforoverUS$200.[10]Onthedayitwasreleased,BeautifulWorldwasabestselleronAmazon.[1]Inanticipationofitsrelease,Rooney'sAmericanpublisherFarrar,StrausandGirouxdistributedbrandedmerchandise,includingbuckethatsandtotebags,toinfluencers.[11]ThefirsteditionofBeautifulWorldwasillustratedbyManshenLo,anddesignedbyJonGray.[12][13] BeautifulWorldwaspublishedbyFaberandFaberintheUnitedKingdom,[14]byFarrar,StrausandGirouxintheUnitedStates,[11]andbyKnopfCanadainCanada.[15]RooneyrejectedanofferfromModan,anIsraelipublisher,tosellHebrew-languagetranslationrightsduetohersupportoftheBoycott,DivestmentandSanctionsmovement,preferringtosellHebrewrightsinawaythatcomplieswiththeBDSmovementguidelines.[16][17]SteimatzkyandTzometSfarim,twoIsraelibookstorechains,stoppedsellingRooney'sworkfollowingherdecision.[18] Reception[edit] BeautifulWorld,WhereAreYouwasaNewYorkTimesandIndieBoundbestseller.[4] ItreceivedpositivereviewsfromSlate,[19]theNewYorkTimes,[20][21]TheTimes,[22]TheIrishTimes,[23]TheAtlantic,[24]NPR,[8][25]FinancialTimes,[26]theHarvardReview,[27]theWashingtonPost,[28]theNewYorker,[29]USAToday,[30]Vox,[31]TheNewZealandHerald,[32]TheBostonGlobe,TheSydneyMorningHerald,[33]TheGuardian,[34][35]andInStyle.[36]ThebookalsoreceivedstarredreviewsfromBooklist,[37][38]LibraryJournal,[39]PublishersWeekly,[40]andKirkus.[4] ThebookreceivedmixedreviewsfromColumbiaJournal,[41]AirMail,[42]BrooklynMail,TheNewRepublic,[43]theLosAngelesTimes,[44]TheWallStreetJournal,[45]StarTribune,[46]EntertainmentWeekly,[47]TheEconomist,[48]NewStatesman,[49]TheObserver,TheIndependent,[50]TheNation,[51]Vulture,[52]andiNews.[53]OpenLettersReviewandtheLondonReviewofBooks[54]revieweditnegatively. BrandonTaylordescribedBeautifulWorldasRooney's"bestnovelyet"inareviewforTheNewYorkTimes,whileexpressingsomeconcernthatthenovellackssubstantivepoliticalormoralcritique.[21]ReviewingthenovelinJacobin,AmeliaAyrelanIuvinoagreedthatBeautifulWorlddoesnotofferclearsolutionstothesocialproblemsoflatecapitalismthatitaddresses,butarguesthatitisnottheresponsibilityoffictiontoprovidesuchsolutions.[55]Inafour-starreviewforVox,ConstanceGradyarguedthatBeautifulWorldinvestigatesquestionswithwhichRooney'sfictionhasbeenconsistentlypreoccupied:"Astheworldcollapsesallaroundus,isitmorallydefensibletodevoteyourlifetolove,relationships,andtheaestheticpleasureofbooks?Whatifyougetrichfromit?"[56] AwardsforBeautifulWorld,WhereAreYou Year Award Result Cite 2021 IrishBookAwards:NoveloftheYear Winner [57] GoodreadsChoiceAwards:BestFiction Winner [58] KirkusReviews'BestBooksof2021 Selection [4] References[edit] 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^Hu,Jane(3September2021)."SallyRooneyintheStruggle".Vulture.Archivedfromtheoriginalon3September2021.Retrieved6September2021. ^abMcAlpin,Heller(2September2021)."SallyRooney'sNewBookTriesToFindMeaningInAnIncreasinglyTroubledWorld".NPR.Archivedfromtheoriginalon4September2021.Retrieved6September2021. ^Wilson,Jennifer(2September2021)."HowShouldaMillennialMarxistNovelBe?".TheNewRepublic.ISSN 0028-6583.Archivedfromtheoriginalon5September2021.Retrieved6September2021. ^Strzyżyńska,Weronika(20August2021)."AdvancecopiesofSallyRooney'sunpublishedbooksoldforhundredsofdollars".TheGuardian.Archivedfromtheoriginalon5September2021.Retrieved6September2021. ^abDwyer,Kate(2September2021)."BeautifulMerch,WhereAreYou?".TheNewYorkTimes.ISSN 0362-4331.Archivedfromtheoriginalon5September2021.Retrieved6September2021. ^McLaughlin,Aimée(19April2021)."DelveintothecoverdesignforSallyRooney'snewbook".CreativeReview.Retrieved4October2021. 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^Williams,John(1September2021)."SallyRooneyandLoveintheTimeofGeneralSystemsCollapse".TheNewYorkTimes.ISSN 0362-4331.Retrieved20December2021. ^abTaylor,Brandon(7September2021)."SallyRooney'sNovelofLettersPutsaFreshSpinonFamiliarQuestions".TheNewYorkTimes.ISSN 0362-4331.Retrieved20December2021. ^Marriott,James."BeautifulWorld,WhereAreYoubySallyRooneyreview—ataleofbeautyandseriousness".ISSN 0140-0460.Retrieved20December2021. ^O'Toole,Fintan."BeautifulWorld,WhereAreYou:FintanO'TooleonSallyRooney'stense,veryriskynewnovel".TheIrishTimes.Retrieved20December2021. ^Crain,Caleb(10August2021)."SallyRooneyAddressesHerCritics".TheAtlantic.Retrieved20December2021. ^Corrigan,Maureen(9September2021)."'BeautifulWorld'IsSallyRooney'sToughest,MostSweepingNovelToDate".NPR.Retrieved20December2021. ^Evans,Diana(2September2021)."SallyRooney'sBeautifulWorld,WhereAreYou—conversationswithfame".FinancialTimes.Retrieved20December2021. ^Weddell,Cecilia(9September2021)."BeautifulWorld,WhereAreYou".HarvardReview.Retrieved20December2021. ^Qureshi,Bilal(10September2021)."Review|SallyRooney'slatestnovelisalucid,nuancedstoryaboutcomingofageinabrokenworld".WashingtonPost.ISSN 0190-8286.Retrieved20December2021. ^Jackson,LaurenMichelle(10September2021)."SallyRooneyGetsOutsideofPeople'sHeads".TheNewYorker.Retrieved20December2021. ^VanDenburgh,Barbara."'BeautifulWorld,WhereAreYou':SallyRooneyfindsmeaninginsex,friendshipastheworldburns".USATODAY.Retrieved20December2021. ^Grady,Constance(7September2021)."InSallyRooney'snewnovel,acelebrityauthorfightsherownbrand".Vox.Retrieved20December2021. ^Dass,Kiran(3September2021)."Bookreview:BeautifulWorld,WhereAreYou?".NZHerald.Retrieved20December2021. ^Richards,Allee(3September2021)."Whetherreaderslikeitornot,SallyRooneyplaystoherstrengthsinnewnovel".TheSydneyMorningHerald.Retrieved20December2021. 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