None of This Is Serious: Catherine Prasifka
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None of This Is Serious: Catherine Prasifka
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I’ve been waiting for a fictional story that reflects the all-consuming influence that the Internet has on my life. Of course, the genre was solidified by Prasifka’s sister-in-law, Sally Rooney, but in her dissection of Gen Z life in Ireland, the author has opened up a new avenue for introspection. At one point it was a status symbol to have as many friends as possible, but now my friends list is a reminder of everyone I’ve lost touch with. Part of me wants to go with them; it would be nice to abandon my past life for a state of constant present.
None of This is Serious - Irish Book Awards None of This is Serious - Irish Book Awards
I’d forgotten that politics only exists when it’s about women, otherwise it’s all just "normal", is it? When I look over my shoulder, Finn is looking at his phone as though nothing’s happened, and perhaps it hasn’t. It kind of felt like the whole story was waiting for something to happen with the crack which sums up the feeling the book was trying to capture really well. There are deep grooves in the gravel driveway, channelling water to a puddle at the gate, which I jump over. Many people might find the subject matters of the book as well as those detailed in my review overwhelming.It is not only their struggle with romantic life, successful relationships are rare in her circle of friends, it is also professional life which stresses them out. When we are trying to make our way into the river that flows with white foam we become aware that the casualty of life in childhood is gone; there will never be another moment when we might be without control—everything relies on our every move.
None of this is Serious by Catherine Prasifka - read an extract None of this is Serious by Catherine Prasifka - read an extract
A second single, "Love Takes No Prisoners," written by Bruce Woolley and Jimmy Scott, was released to similar commercial failure. In Catherine Prasifka’s confident debut, it’s also how the author illuminate the paradoxes of being a young person online. However much the written word might hold, it is ultimately the employer of words who holds the power. Every character within this story was as authentic as the people we walk alongside every single day. At a farewell party for friends leaving Dublin, she yo-yos from crisp bowl to kitchen until a crack appears in the sky.While she revels in the in-person interactions with Finn, Sophie strives to keep her relationship with Rory online, saying: "I feel closer to him in cyberspace than I do in real life. Prasifka gathers many of the ills of living in Dublin – and Ireland, by extension – in her arching portrayal of a young Irish life, chief among them the housing crisis, climate change and the fledgling openness of a post-8th amendment society. I refresh my feed until he posts it, scrolling past photos of people’s dissertations and images of some war crime taking place somewhere in the world. They’re playing a drinking game of quick-fire questions, where the only way to avoid answering is to respond with a question directed at someone else. In addition, it's about relationships of all kinds, body image, and the inevitable doom that we will soon face.
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- EAN: 764486781913
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