Conversations with Friends

"Conversations with Friends" is the first book by Sally Rooney, which instantly made the 26-year-old graduate of Trinity College a world-renowned writer. A novel that has traveled the world at the speed of a Snapchat message. A text that poses... the question: why do people talk so much yet know neither themselves nor each other at all?

Frances, Bobby, Nick, and Melissa ask each other countless questions. Their relationships develop in real life and online; they endlessly drink and talk, talk, talk. They discuss sex and friendship, art and literature, politics and gender issues, and of course, each other. Young Frances candidly shares her complicated relationship with Nick, a man married to her friend.
Yes, of course, this novel can be read as a book about infidelity, coming of age, and the complexities of intimacy. But in reality, it is sharp literature about issues of identity and human communication. Meanwhile, the gap between who we are and the "image" we present to others is enormous.
This book is about how easy it is to confuse self-deception with self-discovery.