Normal People

Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more ‘plant-like’ existence, decides to become a vegetarian, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares. In South Korea, where vegetarianism […]

Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby. A housekeeper caring for a helpless old man uncovers secrets from his past. A young girl accepts a lift in a car with a group of strangers. An old friend brings bad news to a dinner party. In these gripping and unsettling stories, the ordinary […]

Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are interviewed and then befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a […]

De två flickorna växer upp tillsammans i norra London och älskar dans. Den ena har talang, den andra har idéer, drömmen om framgång lever för dem båda. Men när deras vägar korsas igen i vuxen ålder har tiden förändrat dem.Med Swing time har Zadie Smith skrivit en stor och oemotståndlig samtidsroman; en globaliserad berättelse om […]