This is a novel that one enjoys like comfort food, with delight, all in a rush, and only once it has been consumed does one realise how formidable and nourishing it is, how heavy it sits inside you, a treat you'll be digesting long after you leave the table.' - The Australian 'Rooney's work is undeniably a voice for millennial fiction.

It takes immense talent to write this well and make it look so easy. 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. Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. And with no sequel to the novel in development, fans are wondering whether the story will simply continue on the small screen.Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. Though it spans several years in the lives of characters Connell and Marianne, Rooney's novel was mostly exhausted by the first season of the Hulu series. The unique thing about Normal People-and one of the reasons the series no doubt succeeds as an adaptation -is the involvement of author Sally Rooney, who helped write all twelve episodes. (Hulu's previous literature-to-screen sensation The Handmaid's Tale, despite much brilliance, leans heavily on the latter.) With Hulu's recent adaptation, Normal People may also be one of the few shows in recent memory that has been able to translate the functions of literature on screen without resorting to ugly narration: either forced monologue or self-evident voiceover. The novel itself took even less time to reach international acclaim, as Rooney was given the moniker of the ' first great millennial author,' (Rooney was 27 when Normal People came out) and the story of two Irish teenage-turned-college lovers reached fever pitch. Hulu ordered the first season of Normal People less than a year after Sally Rooney's novel appeared on bookstands. Here's what we know about a potential season 2.The series is based on Irish author Sally Rooney's best-selling novel.Season 1 of Normal Peopl e is now available on Hulu.

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