Fintan O'Toole
She is asking throughout the novel: what does contemporary mean? Is there even such a thing as “now”? Can this present moment express itself in anything other than a free-flowing purposelessness, a slow descent into civilisational collapse? Fintan O’Toole on Sally Rooney’s new novel, Irish Times, submitted by reader She’s wearing a grave expression and... Read more »
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