Description
A quartet of lives—an editor, a celebrated writer, a working-class man searching for his footing, and a woman balancing longing with self-protection—interlock through letters, conversations, and the small, telling moments that reveal what people want and what they fear to ask for. As love and ambition collide with class divides and private vulnerabilities, the novel traces how desire can both clarify and complicate the pursuit of meaning. With Sally Rooney’s spare, exacting prose and her gift for capturing emotional subtext, the story becomes a meditation on authenticity, artistic purpose, and the possibility of genuine connection when needs remain unspoken. Beautiful World, Where Are You is an intimate, contemporary exploration of how we reach for beauty—and what it costs to be seen.
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hardcover
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published Sep 7, 2021
240 pages
ISBN: 9780374602604
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First Published
2024
Language
eng
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